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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA' ·AOT,, 1935. . I
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ARRANGEMENT OF SEC'l'Imrn ... ·•
PART !.-.....,INTRODUCTORY ..
, 1. .Short title'. .
. 2. ·Government, of India by the ·Crown .. ·
. , 3. The Governor~deneral of · :tndia and His ·.Majesty's Representative 48
xegards relations with· Itidian States; · .
· 4. The· Cqmmander-in-Chief in India.
PART u.~TB:E FEDERATION ·oF· INDIA.
•OIIAPTER !.-ESTABLISHMENT OF FEPERATION AN~ AQCE$Sl()N OF INPIAN STATES·
5. Proclimation of. Federation of Indiil. .
6. Accession of Indian, States:
CHAPTER II~_.,;TlIE FEDERAL. EXECUTIVE.
The G.overnor•Ge.1i'eral .
. 7. Functions . of Governor-General. .. ·-.i
8. Extent of executive authority ·0£ the Federation.
. . · AdminiBtra:tion of· Federal Affairs~
9. Council of ministers. • , · ·
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Other provisions
as to ministers. ·.. ·
11. Provisions us to defence" ecclesiastical affairs; 8xternal aff~irs,' and' t_he
· .. tribal, areas-. . · · . · . ·
12. ~pecial :respgn~ibilities of Governor-General.
13. Provisions as. to Instrument of .Instructions.
14; Superintencleiice of Secret_ary of State .
15.
Financial
adviser to Governor-General.
rn: Advoca~e·~General for Federation, .· .. ·
17,
.Conduct of
_business of Federal Government.
•: . CHAPTER ur.~TuE FFiDERAL LEtlISLAT:Uirn:
. .. . . General.
18. Const~tution of the Federal Legislature, _ .
19. Sessions or
thu
Legislature, prorogation and, dissolution... .
, 2'0. ~ig'ht of Governor-General to address, and send messages to, Chii.mbers.
21. ;Rights of . ministers, counsellors and Advocate-General as respects
. Chambers'. . . .
· .22. Officers .of Chambers.
23. ·. Voting,~in Chambers, power of Chambers to act notwithstanding vacan• ·
. -0ies, and quorum. · · . · . ·
. ProviBions as to M eniberB of Legislature. ;
24. Oath of members. . .
25. Vacation of seats ..
26. Disqualifications for membership.
· 27. Penalty forsittirig a~d voting when not qualified, or wheri disqualified.·
28. Privileges, &c., of members. · , '
29.
Salaries
and aflowances of memb~rs:
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LegiBlative Procedure.
30. Provisions as to introduction and passing of Biiis.
31.
Joint
sittirigs of both Chambers in certain cases. .,
82. ARsP.nt. t,ri Hill::>. .:mrl nowP~r of Crown to dis.allow Acts.
Procedure in Ji'inancial matters. . ·
33. Annual ·financial statement. · · .· · ' · · .· . "
• '34. Procedure in Lezislature with respect to estimates. ·.
3q. •Authentication of schedule 0£ authm~isea: expenditure.'
36. Supplemenbuy statements qf expenditure.
37. Sp¢cial. provisions as to finai:icial Bills. ·

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I ., Procedure generally~
as·. Rules 0£. procedure. _ . _ ',.
3{). ~nglish ·to b~ used in the Federal Legislature.
40. :Restriction~ on discussion in the L~gislature.
41: Courts not ~o inquire into proceedings of the. Legislature.
caAPTER 1\.· .~LEGISLATIVE :eow:En's OF ?oVERNo~-G.EN)<:~A'L.
· 42. Power of Gover'rlor~General to promulgate· ordinances during reces$ . of
L¢gisla ture~ . . ' . ·-_· .
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· 43,, P9wer of Governor"General ~o proinulgate ordinaE.ces· at. any bit:n~ with
respect to certain subjects.
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44. Power of Governor-General in certain: cii·cumstances to <mact Acts.
CHAFTER v.-c-PRov\srcNs m cAsE oF FA1,Lm~·E · oF, dcmsTiTUi'roNAL M.\c.llrNER~.
45. Pc>wer of Go:verilor-General to issue Proclamations.
P A~'r HI.-THE GOVERN;ORS' · PROV:j:NCES.
. CHAPTER I., THE PJl.pvrncEs:
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• Governors' Provinces.
'f 7. Provisions as to Berar. •
'CHAPTER IL-THE PROVINCiALi ExECUTiyE.
The· Governor.·
· 48. Appointment of Governor.
49'. Executive authority ·of Province.
Aclrnin,istration of Provincial Affairs •
. _ 50. Council of ministers.· ·
· 51. 'Other provisions as to q1inisters. · ,
52. Special ,responsiblities of Governor. . .
53. Provisions as to Instrument of Instructions.
54. Superintendence. of , Governor-GeneraL
55.
Advocate-General for Province.
56.
Provi!?ions ;:i,s to police rules. · . _
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. 57 .. -Provisions. ~-ts to crimes of violence intended to overthrow Govern1nenb.
;58. S.ources of certain information not :to be disclosed. ·' · ·
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59. Conduct of -business of Pro':'inciaI Government.
CHAPTER lll.-Tmi P:RoVINCIA~ ,LEGISLATllR:E~
General.
50. Constitution of Provincial Legislatures. '
61.
Composition. ·of
Chambers of Provincial, Legislatures:_ .
62: Sessions of the Legislature, prorogation and dissolutio,n. _ _ .
63.
Right of
Gov_ernor to address, and send messages to, Charrib~rs.
64, Rights of ministers and AdvocatecGeneml as respects Chambers_ ..
65. Officers of Chambe1
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. ; 66. Voting in Cham.hers, power of Chambers. to act •1dtwithstanding vacan-
cies, and'
quorum.
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, · Provisions as to .Members of, Legis.latu.res.
67. Oath of members.
68 .. Vacation of seats ..
69. Disqualifications .for membership.
70. Penalty for sitt~ng arid voting when not ·qualified, or when disqua1ified.
71. Privileges,-&c., of members ..
72. Salaries and allo\Varices of members.
, . Legisl'ati-qe Pr9cedure .. ·
73. Tntrothwtion of Bills, &c. ,
74. ~assing of~Bills in Provinces h11ving Legisla.i,ive Councils.· ,
75. Assent to ~ills. ·
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76. BEls reservel for consideration,
77. Power of Grown . to disallow Acts ..
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79. Procedure in Legislature with respect to E}Stimates. 'I
SQ. Authentication of schedu1e of author1sed e:irpf:ln<J.iture.
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82. SpeciuJ provisions as to financial :\3iUH. ' ..
83. Provisions with respe'Ct to certain. edv,cil.tional granta ..
· · Procedur~ geheraUy~
· B4. Rules of. proc~dure. . . .. ·
85. •English to be v,sed ih' Provincial Legislatur,es.
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86. ·.Restr.ictions on disc.ussion in the Legislature,
· 87. Coµrls. not to in'!uire into.'pr0ceedings of •the Legisla~ura ..
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88. Power of Govern9r to promulgate ordinlinces .. during recess of J,!3gislature.
' ·s9. J?ower .of 'Governor to. promulgate, ordinanc~s at. any ti~e: with· respeal;_
to certain subJects." . ,
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90,Power of Governor.
in certain cir.c.umstarioos to enact Acts!
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0bHAPTER v.~EX:cLUDED AREAS AND PARTIALLY ExCLUbED AREAS.
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Excluded arear. and partially excluded areas. ·. .
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.. Administration.
of •excluded areas. and partially excluded areas.'. · .
'CiiIAPTEJt :VL_:__PROVISIONS IN CA.SF. Oli' FMLURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL MACIUNERY.'
' 93, Power of Go.;i-·e'fn<;>r to issu17 Proclarp.ations~ · ' . · . · .
PART IV.~THB :cHIEF COMMISSIONERS' PROVINC;ES,
94. Chief Commif.sioners' Provirioes. · ·' · · · . · · · t-.· ...
.95. British ·;BaluchistQ.n. · , ' · ·
96. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. '
97. Coorg. ·
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98. Provisior;is ~s
to police rules, &c.; and as to crimes of violence i~t~nded
to _overthrow the Goyernment, <, . . ..
\.. PART.V.'._LEG~SLATIVE POWERS.
CHAPTER I.--DrnirRI.BVTlON OF Pow:ER.S.
· ' , 00. Bxtent of Federal and.Provincial laws:· · . .
100. Subject matfa;ir of. :F'ederal ·a.nd ~rovincial laws.·
101. Extent of power to legisls.te for States. r ·
102 .. Power of Feder11l Legislature to legislai;e if an mnergen?y i-S. proc
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103. Power of Feil.era.I. ,J,egislature to legislate for tw9~ _or i:riore Provmces .
•by conse:qt. . , .
104. Residual powers of legislation,. .
105'. Application· of N'.av-al Discipline Act, to. Indian naval forces.
106. Provisions as to legiSlation for giving effect to. international ::+gree-·
ments. · ' · · · · · · · .· .
lQ.7. Inconsistency between ]'ederal .la~s and Pro~incial, or St11te. laws.
(')HAPTIUR u.-REsTRICTIONS ON LEGISLATIVE POWERS. '
108. Sanction of Go.vernor-General or Governor required for certain legis-
lative proposals. · ·
109. Requirements a):i tO sanctions l'd recommendations to 'Ile regarded. as
t:natters of p:ocedure only. .
110. Savings.
· CHAPTER m.:.:..._.PRoVISIONs WITH RESPECT TO. DrscR1MrNAT1o:s-, &o •
. 111. British s\lbjeats t}.omicjled in the United Kingcfom .. ·
112. Taxation. . · ' ·"
. 113. Companres. incorporated Jn . the .. United · Kingdom.
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114, Oompanioo inc~rporated iu foufa ..
1115. Ships and aircra1t. ·
116. S'ubsidies for the enco:uragement of tbde or .industry.
117. Suppleinentiil. · · · ·
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118. Powei: to secure yeciprocal vreatrnent by coliveu~ion; ...... I .
119. •Professional and' technical qu~lific'atio~s in general. .
:J.20. Mydical quaiifications/' ..
121. Officers of. Indian MedicaL Service, &c~
( PART v'I.-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN
. . , PROVINCES AND STA,'l'ES. .
Generai.
. t22. Obligation of units and Federation.,
123. Governor,General may require . Governors to !lischarge certain
tfons as his agents. . . '• . ' . . '
.· 124. Power of Federation to confer powers,. &c,; on Provinc~s ~rid States iri
c~~in: case's'> . . . ·.. , . . . . .., Ill
· 125. Administration of· Federal ·Acts , in Indian, States.
126. Control of .Federation ov,er Province in cedain cases.
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127. 'Atiquis.ition of land· for Feder;al purposes. _ '·
1.28. Duty of Ruler of a · ~tate. as re~pects Federal subjects.
· Broadcasting;
1129.'Broadcasting. . ,.. ..
. . : . lnterf~rence ·with Wate1' Supplies.
130. Complaints as to interference with water supplies~
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. 131. Decision of co)'.llplaints .. ·· .,,
132 .. Interference with water supplies of .Chief· Commissioner's Province./
133. Jurisdiction pf Courts exclu,ded .
. 134. Ruler of' State· may exclude application -of ·'provisions as. to
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135. Provisions with respect to an Inter-Provincial Co.unciL
PART VII.~FI,NANGE, PROPERTY. CONTRACTS AND Sl)I'l'Et.
' CHAPTER I._:_cFINANCE. .
· Pisll'ib:ution of Re~enues b,etween the Federatio1t and the Federal U'i1its. <
.136. Meaning of"revenues of Federation''. and "revenues.of .Provii:me,'' '··
' 137;. Certain succession duti~s, stamp duties, termin,al ·taxes and ,taxes o
fares and freights. · . , .
. 138. Taxes on income.
,139. Corporation tax. . . · .. ·
140. Salt duties,. excise duties ii.nd export duties,
.141. Prior sanction of Governor-General required to bills rtffecting
in which Provinces are -interested. ·
142. Grants from Federation to certain ProviMP.R,
142A. •raxes on professions,-tracles, callings and employments.
143. Savings.. · ·
144; Calculation of "net proceeds," &c.
. . .. · . The Crown and tlw States.
145. Expenses .0£ the Crown in conn~ction with Indian .States.
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146, Payments :i'rom or by Inaian States.
147., Remission of States' contributions. ..
148. Certain payments to Federated'States, &c", to be cha1]9d on
revennes. . · .
149. Value of privileiies and )mmunities to be set off against Fhare
taxes, &a., assigned• to Federated Stutes. ,
· · · .· . Mi.~r:r,llancou.~ Financial Provisions.
150. ExpendJture defrayablc out 0£ Indian J}evenues.
1Iil. Pl·ovisions as to the custo.dy of pllblic moneys.
152 .. F.xercise .. b:-Governor-General of certain powers with· respect,
Reserve· Bank.
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153. Pr.evious sarictic:m of <;tovernqr~General to l.sigislatiQn wit~ respect .·l;Q
Reserve Bank, .currency and cqinage. . . ..· ..
· · ·154, ]i]xefnpt.ion qf . certain pub~ic property from 'taxation;
154A. E:iren;:iptions from · taxes on 'Blectricity. · · ... · · ·. .
155. E:i<~mption ;of Provincial 'Governments and Rulers of..Federuted S(~te11
in ·respect of Federal 'taxation. · . . · . ·.
· 156. Adjustment iI.~ respect. of certain expenses and pensions.· ··
157. Duty of F.edera tion . and Provinces to supply Se~retary of State 'ivith·
· funds. · · ·
. · 158. Provisions as to· relation· of Burnru monetary system· with India.·
159. Reli_ef in respect of tax cin income taxable both ;In India and BufJ:Jl~.
· . 160. Provisions as to customs ~ ut;s on. India-B ur~a, tracl'e .
. CHAPTEl' IL-BORROWING AND Aum'r.
Borrow{p.g.
. ~61. Cessation 0f borrowing by Secretary of State jn Council.
· 162. Borrowing by Federal Government.
1 163 .. Borrowing J>y Provincial Governments. .
164.
Loans by Federal
Governmenti, to Federated States;':
165. Application of Colonial· Stock •Acts . to stocks iss~ed. by Jti;;deration.
Au&it and Accounts.
166. Auditor,General of India. . · ·
· 167 ... Provincial Auditor-General;
,168. Po>ver of Auditor-General of lridia t? give directions as 'to 1t0coun~
169., Audit reports'; .
. 170. Auditor ·of Indian Home Accounts: ...
... 1n. Audit of 'accounts relating to the discharge ~f ·the functions of .the
' Crown in relanion to Indian States.
CHAPTER m.-PR6PERTY, CoN'.l'RACTS, ·LIABILITIES AND SurTs.,
r 172. Vesting of lands· and buikHngs. · ·
173. 'Provisions a<: to _other _property.
174. ~Property accruing by escheat or lapse, or as· .bona v(1cnntia.
175. Power to acquire proper'ty and to make contracts, &c. ·
176. Suits and proceedings. .· ' · · ·
177. Existing" contracts . of Secretary 'Of State iii Council. _
178. Special provisions as to, existing loans,. guarantees and other firii.ancfal
obligations. · · _ '
179. Legal proceedings as to certain matter)'.
•· 180. Contracts in connectfon with functions of Crown in its relatiQnJ? ·with
Indian States. · '
. . PART VIIJ .. --\..THE 'FEDERAI,· RAILWAY AUTHORI'.rY'.
181. Executive authority in respect of railways to be exercised by Fedep~l
Railway Authority.
182. Compositi•)n, &c., ·of Railway Authority.
183.
Ditections
and p.rinqiples to be observed by llailway Authority. .
184. Conduct 'of business between Railway Authority and Fedemi ..
Government. ·
· 185. Acquisition and sale of' land, contracts and working .agreements.
186.
Finance of
the_ Railway Authority. · ·
18,7. Provisions ag to certain obligations of the Railw:iy Aut:liority. ·
188: Invei:itment of 'funds of Railway Authority~ ',
189. Special provisions a/:i to certain existing funds.
190. Audi.t and annual reports.
' · J91. Rai!way Rates Committee.
192, BiUs and amendrnep.ts for regulating rates and, fares to require recom~
mendation of Governor-General. · ·
193. Obligation of Railway AJ.l~hority and Federated Sta~es · tg affor<l
. mutual traffic facilitie-s and to avoid unfdir discrimination, .&o.
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: .' 194; 'App,eal })y. Sta·te to Railway '.l?~ibm~al' from ~ertain direc.tiolis of
·way Authority. . . .· . . . .· ,,.
195 .. Cons~ruotion and' 'r0cb:hstruction of railways.
196. i.l{ailway Tribunal, . . .' ' . . . .
. 197. ·Right:s of raiiway compa:qies in i:e~pect cif arbitration. under . contracts.
198. Railways in' Itidian, States which. ,have not. federated. ·
199. Official dfrectors ot
.'Indian •railway companies.:
PAR'l' IX;-THE JUDICATURE.
. . 'CHAPTER 1.-'-THE FEDERAL COURT •
. 200~ Establish.inent al'1d constitution of Feder&L Court.
201. f;lalabe~', &c., of j~dges. ·. . .·· . _ . . ·
202. Temporary appointme,nt of itcti#g Chief Justice ..
~03. Seat of Federal Court.
' 204. Original jurisdiction of.· F
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205'. AppelJate jurisdiction of· Fe'deral. Court ~n appealS from, High
in' British India. ··
• 206. Power of Federal. Legislature t6 enlatgEl appellate )urfaelfotion.
207~ Appellate jur.isdiction of Feder,al Court in appeals from High Courts;
in Federated States. .. ' ·
. ,208. Appe·als to His Majesty_' in Council.
209. ·Form of judgment oh appeal
210. Enforcement of decrees:' and orders of Federal Court'' and orders. as
~iscov:ery, &c,, ·. . . .
.·· 211. :Letters of request to Federated. States.
' 212. Law d~clareu by Federal Co~rt anQ. Privy Council to ~e bhiditig
~n. coµrt,s. ·· ... · . · .· . . . ·
213. Pciwer of Governor-General ·to consult Federal Court .. ·
214., Rules of '.court-, , &c. . ·
215.
Ancillary powers
of. Federal Court. , /
216. Expenses of Federal Cqurt. ··
'°'~17. Con,stri!ction. of. references to High Courts in States .. ·
218. Savings, · ·
· cHAPTElt n . .:.:_Tn:E Hrn~ Cou:RTs IN ,Biu:r1su lNri~A,
2Ul. Meaning of° "High Court'~. ~.
22(). Constltli_tion of High Courts.
22L Salaries, &c., of judges. ·
222. Temporary and additional judge8.
223. Jurisdiction of existing High .Court.s.
22i Administrative functions' of High Courts.
225. 'l'i:a,nsfer of certain cases to High Court for trial.·
226~ Jurisdiction. in revenue matt~rs.
227. Proceedings of High Courts to be in English.
,228. Expenses of High CoP.rts. . .
229. Power qf His. Maje8ty to constitute . or i:econstit,ute Hi~h
letters patent. . · .
230. Extra-provincial jm;isdiction of High Courts. •
23L Saving and definitions.
l'ART X."'-T-HE SERVJCES OF THE CRO\VN. IN :rn:qrA. '
crrAPTER i._:_DE,Fl<~NCE S1mv10Es ...
232. Pay, &c., of Cornmander-in-Chief. ·
23'3. Control of His Majesty as to, defence appointrnents:
234. EHgibility for cornmissions ·in Indian ·Forces. ··. . . ··
235. Control ;jf Secretary o~ State with respect ,to 'conditibns of i,ervice.
·. 236. Saving of rights. 'of. ~ppeal. ·.
237. Pay, &c., of members .. of forces to be charge'd Ol'J. ]'ederal revenues.
2mr Provisions as· to, oerta,in civilian personnel. '·
239. · King;'s "India c\adetships. ·
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. 240:' '.'J'eriure of office of persGr!s -empioyed in, civil capacities in India.
· 24L Recrµitment and conditions of service.
. 242. Application of .preceding se·ction to railway, customs, postal and tele-
graph services, and 'officials· 0£ courts. ' . '.
243. Special provisions as to., police,.
l~eci·uitment ,by Se.cretai<y of State and provision.s as to certa'in P?sts.
244 .. S'ervices recruited. by Secretary of St(l-te, ..
245 •. Speciat ·provision as to. irrigailion. · · · ·
~46. Reserved posts. , .
247. Conditions of service pensions, &c., .of Ilersons re'cruited ·by ·Secretacy ·
-or State. . · ·. · · '
Z48. Rights. in .,r~spect of complaints, appeals, &c. ·,
. · 249. Compensation. . . · . , . . . . . · .
Provisions aii to·· rerS"ons appointed by Secretary of /)tate in Do~ncii, per~9on1J.
· · holding 1·esiirved ·posts and commisst"fined officers in .ci11il .emploifm~nt.
250. Application of four · iast ·preceding· seetipns. to persons appointed by
·. Secret~ry of State in Council, and certain other J;)ersons. . , · · '
.Sp-~cial. J)TQVision.s as to staffs of the. High, C?mmissione1' for }ndia · and· th•
Aitditor of Indian Home . Accqunts. ,
.. ·.. 251. · Staff,. C:f High Cor:im1ssion_er. and Auditor • of. Ind~n. :S:ome; . .t\fcount~. · ..
· 252. Conditions .)f. service of ex1stmg staff pf High Comm1ss1oner and Aud1tdr
. ,of Indian 'Home Accoµnts. , . . · ·· . · ' .· · ' · · ' .,
Spf!ciai Provisions.· as to Judicial Cfffioers.
253.. Judges of' the Federn.1 Court and· High Coqrts.
'254. District judges, &c. · .
. 255. Subordinate civil. judicial service.
256. Subordirnlte criminal rnagistr11-cy.
. Special Provisions as to PolWca.l Department.
257. Officers 0f political department. " ·
. . Provis_ions for the P;otec'tion; of oertain e:r;isting Officers:
258: .Provisions for protection of existing officers of c~rtahi, Servic~s. ' ..
259. Provisions as to certain persons serving in or. before. 1924; · . · · · ,
260. General provisions as to. persons retiring before conunancenient of
Part III. · · · ·
· Miscellaneous ..
261. ~ecretary of State to act with concurrence• of his advisers:
262; Rligibility ·for office of persons who are not British subjects.
· 263c Joint'. services and eposts. . ' ·
CHAPTE,R III.-PUBLIC. SERVICE. COMMISSIONS.
0264. Public Service Commissions.
265. Composition and staff of Commissions .
. 266. Functions 1)f ·Public Serpice Commissions.
267. Power to 'ex.tend :functions of Public Service Commissions.
268: Expenses· of . Publi~ · SeTVice Commissions.
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. 269. Provisions as to chaplains. . · . . '
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2'70. Indemhity for past aets. . . .
271. ProtE;ction of public servants against prosecution and' su:its.
272. Provisions ·as to payment. -Of certain p~ns\ons a:q.d exem~tion of tliose
pensions iron taxation in India. , · · · · ·
273. · :Provisions as to family pension !unds.
274. ~aving fol' certafo Funds Acts.
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275~ Persons not to b~ dif3qualifi6d by sex fof' h6lding certaiti offices ..
276.' Tra:µsitional provisions.
277. -Jnte'rJ;>ret~tion, &c.
PART XI.~THE SECRETARY OF STA'f.E; HIS ADVISERS
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278. Advisers io Sei;i_retary/of, State.
279. Existing accounts of Secretary of State "in Council. with Bank
England. · · ·
280. _Qrganisation and expepses of India Office.
281. Transfer of .existing personnel.
282. Contributions from revenues of I"ederation.
283. Liability for pensions 'in· re·spect of service· before commencement
Part III. . 1. .. • · · • ·• ·. . · . ,. • _.
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284. Provision ~ to certain In$lia omce provident. funds. · ·.... . ·
' ·284A. Confirmation of. appointments to India Office· s_ta£f aud staff· of _Auditoir
of Indian Home A,ceounts. · · · ·
PA~T XII.~MISCELI~NEOVS '_A.ND GENERAJ_,:
.- The Otown and the Indian States: _ ,
. 285 .. · Saving fol'. ·rights _and obligations 0£ the ,Cro.,,;n in its relations
In,dian State.s·..
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-... 286. Use 9£ l!is Majesty~s forces in ponne~ti0n with discharge of the fufic-:
tiol'ls. of the Crown in its relations with Indian State\!. · ·· _ · , . .
... 287. A rangements · for Governors and . Provincial st'aff tO assist in dischsrg"
ing functions of Political Department.
· · · · · · Ad.en.
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288 .. Aden: · . . . "
New Provinces and alterations of boundaries of frovinceli:
289. Creation of ne~ Provinces of~ Sina and Oriss.a. . .
:200.
Crea~ion of
new Provinces ana al~eration§ of bound!!>ries of •ProviMes.
Frari.ohise. ·
--291. Power of Hil' Majesty to make provision with respect· to franchises
~lections. · ' ' ·
Provisions as to certain legql 1natters. . .
292~ Existing .law of India 'to continue in force.
,293. Adaptation of existing ,Indian laws, &c. · .
294. Foreign jurisdiction. · -· · ·
295. Provisions
as
to death sentences.
296. Courts of .appeal in revenue matters ..
297. Prohibition oi certain restrictions on internal trade.
298 .. ~ersons not to be subjected to disability by reason of race, religion, &&.
· 299. Compulsory acquisition of land, &c. · · ·
. 300. Protection fm: c_ertain. rights, privileges and, Fensions.
301.
RE}peal
of s. 18 of 21' Ge:o., 3. c. 70 and s. 12 of 37 Geo. 3. c. 142',
H~gh Oomm§ssioner. ~
302. High Comm,issioner for India ..
General Provisions.
· 303. Provisions as to Sheriff of Calcutta.
304. Persons acting as Governor-General or Governor.
305. Secretarial staffs of Governtir-General .and .Governor.
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in India. · · · '
306. Prote:ction of dovemor-General., Governor or S.ecretary of s\ate.
307. Removal cif certain disqualifications 'on .the. occasion of the :first elec-
tions to Legislature. · -· ,,
308; Procedure as respects . proposals for, amendment of certain provisioD.s
of Act and Orders . in Council.
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· -309. O~dets _ID Council. . ·r..
· 310. Power of His Majesty in Council tq removEY difficulties. ·
In~~1·pretation. ·
:interpre~ation, &c; . , .
PART. XIII . .:.._TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
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312. Opera~ion of Pe.rt 'x:n:I.
313. Exe,,cutive Government.
314. Contto~ of the Se-eretary of State;
315, Sterling loans.
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3~1. Contiriuance ·of certain provisions of Governnwnt of India Act. ·.
318. Provisions ·as to F(~deral Court and certain other Fetleral nuthorities.
. 319. Rights and liabilities of Governor-General in Council and Governor·-..
· General to coritim).e after establishment of Federation. ·. ·. · ·. ·
.. PART XIV~-,-COMMENCEMENT;' REPEALS, &c.
320. Commencement.·
321. Repeals.
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SECOND ScHEDULE.-Provisions of this Act ~hich may b~ amended withou~,
'affecting the Accession of a S,tate., · . ·. ·., ·~ · · . · ·· . . ..
· Tmn.n ScrrEDULE.-'-Provisiops as to Go~ernor-General ' and Governors ofi
Pxovinces. · · · .
. FoUliTH ScHEDULE.-Fo~nis of Oaths o'i Affirmations. ·
FIFTH f:?cHEDULE~-Composition of Provincial Legislatures.
Si'x'rlI ScHEDULE.-Provisions ·as to· Franchise.~ . ·· / .
SEVENTH ScHEi;mi.E-.~Legislative Lists. .
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EIGJITH ScnEDULE.-The Federal Railway Authority.
Ni:NTii: 'ScnEDULE;'--Provisions of-Government of India Act contihued ill\,,
force with Amendmenta until the establishment of the .Federation. . '
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(No. 2.) Q. . '" visions~ (No. 2). Order, 1936, . · · ·
G. of I~ (F. Ct.) 0. · ·: Qov~rnrrient ofTndia (Feder{!.} C9urt) Order; 19B6. '
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An Act to inak~ further provision for the govenlln.ent ()f ·India.. ' · .; . . . '
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BE it enacted by the .King's most ExceEent Majesty, by :und with . t~e ·. ·
. advice· and consent .of the Lords Spiritual and T~mporal, and CommQns,. m
. this present Parliament assembied, and by the authority of. the same•,," as.
follows:......,- · ·
. PAH'r I1.~INT1w:Duc'rORY.
1.. Shwrt titlc.~This Act may ·be cited as the Govem~nent pf. India Act,
1935. . ·. . . . . . . . .
.2.' \J"i•ury,111<'/~t of IniJ.ia by the ,Grow1i.:--'(l) All_ rights,. authority_ ~ml ju~is"
die.ti.on 1lereliol0re belonging to· Hi;;. Majesty the King, Emperoi· of India., wluch
, ~p}i,ertain or are iirnid.erital to the Government .of the territories. in India for
ihe t-ime being vested in him, »nd all right~, authority nnd jurisdiction· exer~ .
. :oisab~& ny nn..-;n oi' in relation to.'arly other "territories in India, ar.e exercis·
.able by His Majesty, except in so far as may be otherwise proyide'd by or
· under this Act, or bi<i may be otherwise directed by His Majesty: • · . . · ..
• Pi:ovided that any. powers connected with: the ex&rcise of the :Cunctions i:>f
the .c.rown .in its rel~tion~ with Indian States shall in IJ.?-dia, U uot E:xercia.ed
by His MaJe<:iLJ, be· exercised only by, or by' ·pi:!\sons actmg ;under the llUth<>:
tity of, lfo~ Majei;ty's Re]Jresentative for the exercise of those . fµnctiona oi
. thti Grown. · . · · · ..
{2) ·The said ·rights, authority and jurisdicHon shall include any rights,
authority or jurisdiction. heretofore exercisable in or in relatioi;i ·to ·O.ny
territories in. India. by the Secretary of State, the. 8EScreta.rv of S ~nte in Council,
the-Governur-Gener!-Ll, the Governor-General in Council, a:ny G.overnor or e.ny ·
, :Local• Gover'nmen ~ whether hy delegation from His . Majesty ct othe1"\l,ise, · .
3. 'l'hc Oo111ffn~>r-(i;e·(1.era.I of India an'd. His Majesty's Ifop1·~:;.entativ:, as
Tegards rdalions ·u£th fndian Sta.urn.-(1} 'the Governor-General of J.nd;a is
appointed by. Iris Majesty by. a Commission .. und!'lr ·.the Royal· Sign Manual
and has~-- · · · · . · '·
· · ~a) all such po.W~rs and duties as are conferred or imposed on him by ot ·
under this Act; and · . , . . · . . .
'{b) such' other powers of :ms Majesty, not ·being powers connected with
the' .exercise of th~ functions of the Cr<.iwn in its relations· with Indian States,
aff His Majesty m~y be pleased to assign to him~ . . · ,
•. (2) His l\!Iajesty's :Rep1~eseutative2 for the exerdse of the functions of ·the
Crown in its re~atio.ns with Indian States is appointed by His Majesty in J,ike
n:rn.nner am~-has such powers arid duties' in connection with ·th( e.xercise of
. those functions (not being powers or duties conferred. or imposeQ, by or under'
Act on the Governor-General) as His Maj'e&ty may be pleased to assign
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•Designated "Crown Representative·" wit.h. effect from the 1st Aprll, 1937. Boe notfu,
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· Said offices. · ' ' · · ·· , · · .~ · . ' · ' · · · · · · . ·
4 ·. The. c;)nirnd1ider-in-Qhie_i in india.__,,,'l'here shall be ·· a Oommtinder-iir-.
Chief of Jiis Majesty's Vorc'es ill India appointed /by Warrant _uit<ler the Royal ·
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PART n.-THE · FEDERATION
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CIIAPTER J.---,ESTABLISHMENT OF FE:DERATION AND A.coESSION OF INDIAN.
5. Ptuclttmatwn of Federation of India.~(1) It sh.all be lawful for<.His
)v.faj,esty, if an addres.s in:that _behalf hasbeen pl'esented to hit.;t by 1~uch ~louse,
. ,' of Parliament apd if the conditioi1 hereinaft13r mentioned is satistied, to decl~re'
by I'.roclam_ation that as from the. day therein appointed there shidl ·be united
in a <Federafa0n:, undei the Crown, by the name oLthe Fedarntion of India,-c-
( ct)' the Prpvirices. ,hereiria:fter (lalled · Govern9rs' ·Provinces; and . , .
.:.· (b) the l.ndian States which have acceged qr may· the!eaftel'. accede to the
Federation; · . '
:tnd in the. Federation so established there shali ·be )Il-clud~d the ProvimJea ·
hereina~ter caUecl Chief GommissiOners' Provinces. . .
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. . . (a) the.Ru.le. r. ~ , whereo .. f .. · '%il.l, in .. a;c. c. ordance .wi. t~ t.he .. prov.· i.s .. io1;1s·. conta~n .. e .. d . :iii
Pa.r,t II of the First Schedule to tl11s Act, be entitled to choose not ·1ess than: .
· fifty-two.
members. of
the Cout1cil of State; and . · .·· · · " . . ' . . · . ·
. ' , , (b) the aggregate population whereof, as'ascertained in 'accordance !Vith the .
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!'laid provisions, amounts to at 'leaf.it one-h.alf of the total population of the
:States ri.s so ascert=ained> . . . , ~---···-"''" _ . .· ' '
!have acceaed to >Jho ,Federation. · · · . . · .· . . · . .
. 6, AccliR$io;1, of Indiaji States.-(1) A State shall be deemed to have aceed.ed
to the Federntion' if. His Majesty has signified his ac!leptance of an Instru-.
ment of Accession executed by the -lluler thereof; whereby. tlie );'tulei: for Jtim-
self, his' heirs and successors--. · · · · . . · ·
(a) d~clares that he accedes. to the Federation as established under this·
Act,· 'yith the· intent ·that His ·Majesty the King,· the · Governor-General 'i of.
IndiQ., .· the Federal :Legislature,, ,the Federal Court . and any otb:cr Fedel-al
authotit'.y established for,· the purposes of the Federation shalt by 'Virtue c•f his·
. Instrument of .Accession; but subject alway$ to the• terms thereof, . and for'. the
purposes only 'of the Federation, exe,rcise in relation to his St~te su'dh func
tions as may be vested in them by or under this Act'; and
, . (b )assumes the obligation of ensuring that due effect is given within his
State to the provisiori.S o~ this _Act ti'o f11r as they are applicable therein by;
virtue of bis Instrument of Accession: · , '
J?rovided
.tlwt an Instrument
of Adce'ssici11 may be exec~ted conditiom.lly
on· the esta9lishmen~ of the Fed-eration on· or before. a specifi~d date, nnd in
that case the Sbte shall. not be. deemed to .have acceded~1to the Federc1.tion
if the Federation is not established until a:fter that date~r" · · ·
. \2) An Instrument of Acc,ession shall 'specify the mattE'.rs which• the · Rufor
accepts as matte\s with respect t~-whiCh the .Federal Legislature may •::iake ·
laws for his' State, .. and the limitatio!1s, if ariy, to which· the power of the
FederiJ.} Legis,lature' tc. make' laws for his State,. ancl the exercise uf the
executive au~hority or t.he · Federation in his State, 11~e respodi vely .J;o be
subject. · . .. , . ·
(3) A Ruler may, by a supplementary Instrument e'xecuted by him and
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extending the functions which by virtue 0£ that Instrument sre exercisnole ·
by His Majesty. or any Fe·deral AuthorH.y in relation to hi.s State.
. (4) N otbipg in thif section shall be .construed as requiring 1Hs llfojesty to,;
accept any :P'i:istrU:ment of Accession or supplementary Instr,ument unle$S he
. c'onsfders it proper si.,, to. do, or as empowering His Majesty to eccept any,
s.uc:h Instrument .if h app~ars to him that the terms thel'eof ara iuconsistenti
with the scheme of Federation embodied in this· ~ct: · · ;;..
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Prci~ided that after the· establishcien.t. ·of tlhe. :Federation, it a,ny • Itistrun~en,t
has i:n:'•fa:ct. been ~ccepted by }!is i\fojes~y, the· varldity of· th<tt ~nstru.~ent <>r
pf ariy o~ its provisions , shall no~ be; called in questioi;i 'and ·tl:ie prov1s1.qn9 of ,, -
· thi.s 'Act shall, inrelatioJ;l,to the State,, have effect su~ieot to the.pr0Vis19ns of
the Instrument.· ' · · · , · · , ,,,,,;,, ,.
(5) It shaH bo a:· tertn of every Instrument 0£ f\,ccess~on. that .. tlie provisl~ne
-0f this Act mentioned in , thell Second Schedule ,thereto niay, without;: aJfectmg
the accession of the State, be amended. by or ,by. authority of Pai'l,iament, Lut
no, such amendn1e:nt shall,' unless .it is accepted bY the Ru1er in a supplemen
tary Instrument, be construed as extending the ~uncti9ns 'which liy yi~tue 0f
. the lnl!trument .are exereisahle by His Majesty or any Federal Authority in '
!'elation to the State. , · . . . . . . ·
(6) An Instr.ument, o:f Ac<le'E?Sion ,or _supplementary Instrun:ent shall not ~e.
·valid unless it is exec~ted by ... the. Jh1'.er himself;. but: SUbJoCt as :dores~1d,
references in this Act to the , Ruler. of a State include retcrences to nnv
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,P~nions
for the time beirig ~~ici~ing the powers oCthe Hnler ,of · the State,
· whether by reason or the Ruler's minority or for any other reafon, · .
. .· (7) After the e&tablishment of the· Fe?.eration the tequesh of a. Ruler th~t
'hls State may be admitted to the F~deration:., shall b~ transmitted to' His
Majesty through thu Goveriior~General, and after the expiratrion: q:f, t.wenty
years from the establishment o:f the Federation the Governor-G-e11eral. shall i:ot
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transmit to His Majesty any such reque('>t until there ,has been presented t . .J
· .aim by each Ch•:i.mber of the 'Federal Legislature, for. ,submissit'n to His
Majesty, an !'1-ddrei:;s, praying that His. Majesty may l?e ple-ased ~o odmit the
· State, into the Federation. ,,, . .. · , , ~ ' · .
(8) In this Act a State which ha~ a.cceded to the ·:Federation· is reJet'.r3d to
' as a Federated S:tate, and the Instrument by vtrtue. of which 0: State has so
.acceded, construed together. with any supplementary Instrl1m~nt executed,
under -this section, is reforred to as the Insfrument of Accession of -that State.
· · (9) As soon as may be. after any Instrument of Acces.sioa or tiupplementary
Instrument has been accepted by .His Majesty ·under this section,. copies of
, _ the Instrume~t and. of His Majesty's Acceptance· thereof shall be hid before,
Parliament, and all courts shall take judicial notice of every such Instrument
and Acceptance. · . · · · . · · ·
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Rv.nctiorrn of Goverfwr-Geneml.-(1) Subject to the provisions . of this
Act, the •executive authority of the Federation shall be exer6ised .oil be4a1£ -of
His Majesty by the Governor-General, either directly or through officers ~ub-·
oydinate to him,· but nothing in this section: sha'n prevent the Ferleral:' Legi~
lature from conferring £.unctions upon subordinate authorities, or bri deemeu to. .
transfer to the Goverrior-Generalany fonct!ons conferred by any exis,ting !ndian· .
law on any cour.t, judge or officer, or on any local or other authority._
(2) ·Referenc<•3 in this Act to the £Unctions of the GovernoM}eneml shall be
construed as refereuceE< to his powers 1and duties in the exetcise of the ex~cu
tiv~ authority of .i,h{} Federation arid to any ·other powers and dqties conferred .·
or ,1rnposed1 on him· as Governor-General hy or under J;his Act, other than
po.wers ~xercisable b;r him by reason that they have been assigned to hi:in by .·
His Ma3esty und.er. Part I of this Act. ' ·. . '
·(3) The provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act shl111 i1ave effect with:
respect to the ·salary . and allowances 0£ the Governor-General· and ihe provi~'
.sion to .be ma~e for enabling -him to ~isc,hargc con~enie:Q.tly and wlth dignity•
.. the duties of his office. · · · ' · ' ·.
8. llfa tenl of B:fecutive autfiority, of the Federation.-(1) . Subject t;o ih ·
provisions 0£ this Act, ·the executi~ authority 0£ the Fedemtion extend"s '
(a) to the matters with ·respect 'to ':Vhich the Federal Legislature has pow·
to make laws; . ,
(lJ) to the raising in British Indiaon,behalf "of His Majesty ·of .nav
military and air fOl.'ces arid to the governance of His Majesty's forces bt>r
on tP.e Indi!J.n , establishment; · ·
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· ( cj to' the exercis~ of such rights, ~uthority and jurlsdiction as, are e~era·
_able by His' Majesty by trnaty,. g1;ant; usage;' sutlerahce, or otherwise in a
in relation to the tribal areas: · ' · · , · •· · ·
:Provided:
thah , · · · .
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· (i) the said authority does not, save as ·expressly provided iu thfa . Au
extend in aRy Province to matters with respect to. which the Provincial Legi
l&tUre"has' power to ma.Jte laws; . ' ·. . . ·.· ·. . ..
'(ii) 'the said authority does not; save as. expl\..essly wovided in this Ac
extend in any Federated State. save to matters·· .with· r,especp to \vhicli . t ·
Federal-ljegislatur~ has power to l'nake laws for-that State, and the exerci
thereof in each State. shall :be subject to such limitations; if any' &S Ibay b
specified 'in the Inst'fument of Accession of' the State;/ · _ · · · ·
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(iii) the said authority doe.s not extend to th:e enlistment or enrolment in •an
~orces,raised in India of any person unless he is either' a subject of 'His M~jest'
or a w:i.t1v:e 9f_ India or of·territories adjacent to India; and ·. ' . . .
(iv) co;inmissions in any such force shall be, gr.anted by His Majesty save in s
far as he may b('l pl<lasecl to delegate' that power by virtue of the provisions. of
Part I Of this Act or otherwise, · · · . ·
· ·{~)-Tho exe~utiye. au.thoritJ'. of 'the, ~uler of a. Fe~f.r~ted St_ate shall~. notwi~h".'
standing anythnig m this sect.ion, confanue to be _exercisable m that .State with ·
respect to matt,ers with respect to which the. Fede,ral. Legisla,ture 'has power to '
make faws for that State e:iwept 1n so far as the executive:authority of the Fede1:a-,.
.tion becomes exercisable in the State. to ..the exclusion of the executive authority
.of the Euler by virtue of a Federal law. . · '
· . . . Adminjstra.twn of F{}deral,, Affairs. · ' .
9. Cout!cii of ministers.-(1) There shall be a. council of rriinisters, .'r).ot exceed
ing, ten in number, to aid and advise :the Governor-General in the e:x€rcise of his
functions, excet1t in so for as he is. by. or under this Act,· req11fred· to exenfise his
fui10tiomi or ;i.nv of them in his discretion:
Pr'ovided
that
nothing in this sub-section shalL be construed as preventing
the Governor-General from exercising his individual judgment in'-an_y case where
.by or under this Act he is required so -to do. . . . . ·
(2) The G6vernor·General in his <iiscretion may preside at me.etings of the
coun~if of ministers: -. .· . · . . . . · i • • . · · l ., · ·
, (3) H any question.·arises whether any matter Is or Is not a mit'tter as respects
wh1ch the Governor-General is by or under 'this Act required to act fo ·his <iiscre
tiun or to exercise {lis•individual judgment, tpe d.8cisi6n of the Governor~General
in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done_ by the Governor-
. Cteneral shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not
to have acterl in his d111cretion, or ought or ought not to have exercised his indi\!.ic
.·dual' judgment. ·· ·
11>. Oth11r provision8 as to minister.~.-(1) 'l'he ·Governor-General's .JPinisters
shall be choJcu aild ·summoned by him, shal.l be sworn as mernber10 ofthe council,
and shall hold office during his pleii,c;ure. .
. . (2) 'A minister. w.ho :for a1;_y period .of, six cons~cut·ive months is not a. i;netn
ber 0£ either 'Chamber of the F€deral 'Legislature shall at the expimtion of that
period cease fo be a minister. ·
(3) The salaries. 0£ ministers shall be such as the !Federal Legislature may'
from time to time by Act detennine and, 'Until the Federal Legislature so det.er··
mine, shall be determined by the Go_vernor-General:
Provided that the salary of a minister sl?all not be varied· during his tertn
of office. · . , .· · ' · · ' ·
. .. (4) 'I'he. question whether any and,. if so, what advice was tendered' by
:ninisters to the. Governor-General shall not be inquired into in any courp. . ·
(5) The functions of the. Governor-General, with respect. to the choosing and
summoning a'nd. the dismissal of ministers,. and with respect to the determina'tion
of their salaries, shall be exercised by him in his discretion,· ·
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. ·.· ll. Provisidns as. to defence, 'ecdesiqstica~ affairs,· £:J)te'rnai, ·affairs and' tho·
· .iribai 'areas .. -(1). The functions of the'. Go:Vemor-General. :Wich. respect to. def~nc~
'and ecclesiastical affairs and· '.with respect to exte:rnal a.ffa1rs, except the ~elations ·
between the. :Federation and any. part or .His . ,l\iajesty'"s domimqris; snail be
exeNi);ed by "hih in his discretion, and liis functions in or in relation t~ the tribal
areas shall.. be s~milariy exercised. · · · ' · ·
'· (2t To assist h~m in the exercise of thpse ,functiions the Gove:.nor-General. ~ay
appoint counsellors, not exceeding three i'n,nmnber, vfhose ~ahmes and c.011d1t10ns
of service i>hall be such as may be prescribed by His Majesty in CounciL
12.
Special reiponsibiNt~es' of Governor-Gel!eral.-(1) In
the exercise.· of hie
nmctio:ns the Governor-General shall have the following special responsibilities,
tha-t.is to.say,__:. . . ' • · .· . •.· . ·
(a,) the prevention of a;ny 'grave menace to the peace 9r tranquillit:y of Jndh~;
or any part thereof; . · . · · . + · . . , • • . ·
(b) the safeguarding~£ the financial 'stability and credit. of the ]federal Govern·
ment· . ' ' . . . ·. '·,
. (c) the safeguarding of the legitnnate interests of m'inoritie13; . .
.. (d) .tho securh1g to, and to the dependants of, persons who.are or have b!;)en
. members .of 1;he publfo service:?. of any-rights provided or preserved ·for them bu
or under this Act and the safeguarding of their legibimate interests: . · ·
· (e) th~ securing hi the sphere of executive action of tlte .purposes which the,
lJrovi~ions: of ~hapter III of Part V. o# this· Act are designed to .secure i.n relatio,n
to leg1slat1on; · . / . , . · · . .
(fYthe prevention of action. which would subject goods ,of United ::Kingdom or
Burinese origin imporhid into India. to discriminatory or penal treatment; . · ..
' · . (g) the protectfon of the rights of any Indian State' and t]ie nghts and dignity
of the Ruler thereof: and ' . · . ·
.'· (h) t.be secu:t~ng that, th~ due dis6harge 'of his functions with respect to m,.atters.
yvith' respect.to' which he ,is by or under this Act required•to actin his discretion,'
or to exercise his individual judgment, is not prejudiced or impeded by .any course·
of action taken with retepect to any. other matter. ' · . ·
(2} J£ and in so r~r as any speci-al 'responsibility of the Governor-General is
involved, he shall in the exercise of his functions exe'icise his individual judgment .
. as to·tlie, action £o be taken. i
13. 'Provisions qs fo Instrum1n~t of lnst'ructions.-(l)'The Secretary of State·.
shall lay before Parliarrie1~t the dmft of any Instrument o1 lnstructions. (including
any Instrument ameuding or re.Yoking an ~nstrument .previously issued)· which it
· is proposed· to recommend HiS. Majesty to issue to the Governor-Generaf, and.
no farther proceedings shall be taken in relation thereto exeept in pursuance of.
an addres_s presented to His \M;ajesty by both Houses of Pa.rli:~ment praying that
the Instrument may be issued. · . · , · . . · .. . ·
(2) The validity of anything done by the Governor-General shall not be ca:lled
in question on the ground that it was done otherwise than in accordance with
any Instrµment of Instructions i.ss-qed to him. ,
. 14. Superintend1mce . of Secretary· of State ,...;.....(1) In so far as the Governor-.
General is by or under this Act required· to act in his· .disAfretion or to exercise··
his individual judgment, he shall be under the general control of, and COmJ.)ly
with su@h particular directions, if any, as may from. time to time be given t<il
him by, the Secretary of State, but the validity of anything done by the Governor
General shall not be called in question on the ground that it was done otherwise-·
than in accordance with the provisions of this section. ' . .
·, (2) Before ·givi~g any directions under this sectioJ.1 the Secretary of State
shall s~tisfy himself tl:at ~o~hi;ng in :he direc_tio~.s requires the Governor-Generar
t~ act m any manner.mcons1stent 'Y1th any lnst'r:ument of Instrue.tionS' issued to
him by His Ma1esty. · . .. · · ·· · .
15.; Finaneial ad1Jiser to Governor-Gen:era,l.-(1) The Governor-General may '
.appoint; a person f.o be bis fiJ?-ancinl adviser. ·
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. (2f ;I:t shall pe the 4uty' of the _G:overnor·.General's firi~ncial ~dv,iser to .a.
· iby. bls. ad.Vice the Gov~rnor~General ju the d1s~4arge. of hlj:l sped1al res,p1ms1~1 ...
i:forsafoguard,ing the fin~~cial stability and. cred1t:of the.Federal .Governrµen.t, a
calso 'to giVe advice to the. Federal Governmel,lt upon any µmtter relatmg ,
·finance with re$pect to which he ~aY, be consuUed. · .. · . . . . . · ·
'. (3) !!'lie . Goveruor-General 's financial adviser. sfl.all hcM office · durmg
,ple~su~e of the Governor-Gen~ral, ai:d the s~lary a1?-~ allo~ance~ of t~e financ
cadv1ser and the. number8. of his staff. and their conditions of. servwe. shall be su
.as the Govepwr-Ger!eral may deter~ine. ·. ··.·· · ' . . ·.· ..
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_ . · (4} The pqwers of the G:overn.or-G;eneral with respect ·to the appointment u
~dfuil_lissal of u financial adviser, ~ml w~th i;espect to t~e dete~n;inatio1r ofJ~H:i sal,
ancl;:11llowawies .and the numbers 0£ his staff and their 'Conditions of service, sh
'be i.lxercised by him i'ri hi.:; discretion: · . . . . . .
Provid~.d. that, H.the Gmrernpr-Gt?rt.era,l h!ls determined to appohi.t afihanci
:·adviser, he t.ihall, befo~·e making any ·appointment otherill>than the first appojn
·rr1E>ut, consult his miQisters as to the person to be .sl:lle.cted. ' · . . . · .
161. Advocate-General 'for Fede'nition._:_(1) The Governor-GenQral shall n
·point a person, being a person qualified to be appointed. a judge of tl1e ·:F'edera
'Cou'tb, to be Advocate~General tor 1;he Federation'. . ; .· · . ,~ ' ,
• (2) It·Rhall be the duty of the Advocat(~-General to give advice to the Federa
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0:overhment upon such legal· matters, and to. perform such othe.r dvties of
. legal chaz'hctef,~aef may he referred or ai:.signed to him by the Go'v~rnor~General
·and in the pel'formance. of his duties he shaJt h~we rigl:it of audienl(e in an. courts;
in British tndia and, in a cai?e in which federal interests are .concerned, in all'
courtii\; in any Federated St.ate. . . , . . , . . .
(3) The Advocate•General shall hold office durirl;g the. pleasure of the Gover-;
nor•Gerleral, and shall receive such remuneration as the Governor-General may'
deterniiue. . . . . . · . .. . · . . . .
'
(:!)In exercising fiis pow13rs
with respect to the appointment and dismissal of
·th•,; Advocat.e~Gene1•ul .and with respect to ·the deterniinatio;n of bis renmnf?.ra-
tion, the Governpr~Ge11eral shall exerci'Se his individual j1.,1dgment. . · .
17~ Conduct 6f business of Federai Government.'7'(1) 1\11 executive action .0£,
. the· .Pederal Governri1en't shall be expressed to be ta.ken in the. hame of +J1e ·
·Governor-General. ' · · ·
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(2) Orders and. other instn1ments made and execute& in. the :hamQ :o:l' the
'{toveril,or-Gene!·al. shall· be authenticated in such manner as may be 'speeified in
·r.ules to be m.ade by the Go;:ei:no~General, and the .validity of an or<leI' 011 fost1'U·
ment which is R\'.> uuthen'llica:ted ~hall not· he called in question on the ground
·that it isnC,..t fm 0rder or instrument ma\il.e or executed by the Governor~General.
. (3) 'J'he Gcivernor~General shall 1llake rules for the. more convenient transac~
tion of the business of the Federal. Government, and .for the allocation among
ministers oii the said business in so for as it is not bus:inEJss with respect to .which .
the Governor•General is by,or under this Act required to act in his discretion. ·
( 4)'The rules shall include provisions i•equiring· ministers ttnd secretaries to
>Government t•o transmit. to the Governor-General all such informatioil. with . res
·pect to the business· of the Federal Government as may be specified in the rules,
o.· .a~ the Governor .. General may otherwise require to be so transmitted, and. in
particuli:ir requiring a minister to bring to the notice of the Govei11or-General, .and ·
t. he appropria. te .secreta. ry .. to bring to the notice of 'the minister concerne. d aJ:\d of .
the Governor-General,. any matter under cons.ideration by. him which iI~volves, ·
or appears tq,; him likely to involve, .aily special responsibility .of .the Governor
-Oeneral. . ' · · · , .. ·· .
· · (5) In the discharge.o~ .his idi\ctions under sub-se~tions (~), (S) and '(4) of this .
i;ect1on the Goy.ernor-General shall act iI). his discretion aftm; consultahion \:Vith his
ministers. • ·
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• CHAPTER IIL.:,....;THE FEDERAL. LEGISLATU:RE.
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.·General.
18 .. Constitution of tho Fedetal Legislatute.--{l) There t;hall',be a Federal
Legislature which s}:iall con,sist of His ;M;ajesty, represented by .the Govetnor
Ge1~eral, and two Chamb~~s,, ~o be known respectively as. the Counci,i, 9£ S~~te arid
I · the House o! Assembly (m.th1s Act referred to as ''th~ Federal Assembly.).
1 · · . (2) 'rhe CoJtncil of .State ahall consist -of one hundred and/ :fHty-six rep;re.<:>ei1ta-
i.' . tives of Brit.ish India am:l.not J1lore than one hundred: and fourrepr~senta,tiv,~r, of
t the lndian States, and _the Fe,deral Assembly spall consist of two hundred· and
f:, • j:ifty l'epresentatives of British India and not more than one hundred and twenty-
~- ~ive representatives of the In'diiin States'. . . .. . . .· · .
. (8) '.rlie said :i;epresenfatives shall be chosen in accordance with the p11bvisions .
in that beheJf contafoea in the First Schedule to this Act;~ , . . · ·. .
(4) 'rhe Council of State shallbe a permanent body not subject to dissolution,
but as near as may be one-third pf the .members thereof shall retire in ewry third
yem in accordance with th~ provisions in that behalf contained iri the said ]fiJ:i!t
, .Schedule. · . · ., . .
.· (5) 'Every F'ederal Assembly, unless. ;sooner qissolved, shaU continue for fiv~
years .from tl!e date. appointed for their first meeting and no Clonger I and,· the• ex
piration of the said period of five. y-:1ars shall operate as a dissolution .or the
Assembly. , . . / · ....
19. Sessions of the Legislature, prqro,gatinn an.d dissnliution;-(1) '!•he (.!llham
bem of the Federal Legislature shall be summoned to meet once at least in every
yeat·,
·and twehre
months shall not intervene· between their last sitting in pne
'3tlSSion and t.he dafe app_ointed for. their first sitting in the .next sessio:q..
. (2}. Subject ·to the ~provisions of this. sectfon, the Governor-G.eneral mi!-y ih his
discretion from time to time--. · . · -~ · . . . ·
(a} summon the Chambe_rs or either.Chamber to meet at such time ar1,}l place
as he thinks fit; . .
( 11) prorogue the Chambers; . •
(c) dissolve .the Federal Ass~mbly. · . .· . · ·
· (3) The Cham.hers shall be summoned to•meet for their first sessiOn en a day
not later than such day as may be spe<!ified h1 that behalf in His Majesty's Pro-
clamation establisliing the Federation~ , · . . . · .
20. Right of GovernQr-General to address, a,1id sena messages to, Ohpmbers . ..
(l) The _Governor"General rhay in his discretion address either Chamber of the
. Ji'ederai Legislature or both Chambers assembled together, and for tha£ purpose
require t)le attendal).C8 of members. , . -. · . : .. ' ·
, (2) The Govern.or-General may in his .dis<m:itidn send messages to either
·Chamber of the Fedf:li:al' :Legislature, whether with respect to a Bill then pending
_in the I,egislature or' otherwise; and a Chamber. to whom any message i.s so sent
' shall with all convenient dispatch consider any matter which they are required
· by the message to take info consideration. . . .
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21~ Rights of ministers,. ccmnseLfors and Advoca.t,e-Genemi as Te8peots Ch<Jem-
bers.-Every minister, every counsellor and the Advocate~General shaU have. the
. right to speak in, and .otherwise tb take pS'.rt. in tlie. procee'dings of, either Cham
ber, any join~ sitting ·of the. Chambers, 'and any comtn~ttee of the Legislature ·of
·which he may be named.a member, but, shall not by :virtue of this section be en-
titled to vote: ~ ' ·
· 22. Officers of Ghambers.-'-(l) 'l'he Coun,Ci1 of Sfatl:I i:;Lall; as aoon a.ti may be,
choo:"e
two·
members of the Coui:icil to be respectiyely President and Doputy
President thereof and, so oHen as {the office of President or Deputy P-re'sidim6
becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member t0 be President or
Deputy President, ff.R thA case may be. · . . . · .
· (2) A member holding offi:ce as l'resid~nt or Depµty .President of the Council
of State sho.11 vuca,te his office if he ceases to be a member of the Council, may at .
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any time resign his_ office by writing under. hi$ hatid addressed'.'t'o tlfo Gover110r-·
Gdneral, ar:d ;-nay be remove'& ironi his office by a ref;l·9h1tion of·the Co~cil. pil.ss,.:
·ed !J;y, a·maJority of all the then membtrs of the Counml; ·but no resolution for the
purpose ot this subsection shall be mpved u11less at least fourteen days~ notice has
,b(~en given of the intention to move the resolution. . · . . · ·
· · ~o{ While the. office of Pre~ideilt ht v_acant, the duties .of. the o~ce sl:aJl be
. performed by" the Deputy Presuilent, or,. 1f the office of Deputy President is also
· vacant, by such member ofi the Comicil as the .Governor-General may in hls dis-·
-ereti.on appoint. tor the pµrpose, and 0.uring any absenee of the President li;om any
$itt.ing of the Co.µncil the Deputy President or, if he is also absent, such pei'.sbn
:as may be determined by. the rules, of procedure of the Council,-or, ~f. no such
persori is present; isuch other person as. may pe determined hy the Council, shal.l
act as President. · . . . . · . . . ... .
, (4) There shall be
1paid t_o the President and the Depvty President. or 'the
<Council of State such sal~ries as may be respectively fixed by :Act of the F.edetal
Legislature, and; until pro;visfon in that behalf 'is so· made, such salaries us the
{}ovil:rrior-Geuera:l may. determine: , ·. .·. · . ·.·
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· · (5) 'rhe foregoing provisions 04 this seqtion shall apply in relation to the' •
'.Federal
Assenibly
as they apply in relation to the Council of State with the sub
. 'iltitutiOp of the titles "'Speaker" and "D~puty Speaker" for the titles ."Presi"
· dent" a:nd "Dep:uty Preij>ident" respectively., and with .the substitution· of J.·efer-·
-ences
to
the Assembly tor references to the Council: . · . '
. lJp:ovided that; without prejudice to the provisions' of subsectio11 (2). of this
:l"e.ction as applied by this subsection,· whenever the Ass_embly is d'is~olved, the ·.
:Speaker shall not vacate his-o.flfoe until imi;nediaiely before the first meeting of
tbeAssembly after the dissolution. . . . · · · . · · · ' ·, . ·
. 23: Vo#ng in Chambers, power of Ohambei·s ib aot notwithstandfog vacan
.()~es, and quoruni.-(1) Save as provided in the last precedip.g·section, !j.li qnes
:tions !lot any -:;itting or joint sitting of the Chambers shall be Jletermined J:iy a·
TI1ajority of votl~S of the' members present 'and voting,_ other than the President
•Or Speaker or ,person acting as such, · ·• ' . · . . . . · · ·
The President. 01• Spe!\ker or person acting as such shall not. vote .in the first
'instance, but shall have and exercise_ a ,castint vote in the ca,se of at• equality '
'<of vobes. · · ' ·
(2) 'A Oh,amber of the Fed~ralLegislature ~hall hav~ power to a~t notwith.~
'st11J!l.ding any vacancy in the membership. tl:)..ereof, and ,any proceedingh ,in the
Legislaturit sh~ll be valid riotwithstanding. that it is. ,discovered subsequently that
·•-some p~rson who was 11ot entitled so to· do sii:t ·or voted or otherwise took J)art in
.:the proceedings. · · . ' · . -. ·. . .
. (3) I£ at afiy, time dming a me<;Jting of a Chamber less than one-sixt~1 of the '
·fotal
number of metiibers
of the Charnber are present, it shall be the duty ·of the
. Prr;,sident or Speaker or perso11 acting as such either,, to adjourn the Charhbe1>, or
· ~to suspend the meeting un.til at leai;it one-sixth of the _members are present. · ~
Provi.sions as to Mernbe1·s of Legislature. ,
. 24. Oalh of membe1·s .. .:__,Every member -of e.ither Chamhflr shall, bef01'e fo.king
. 'hrn seat, make and subscribe before the Goverri01:-G13neral, ·or some person ay
poini;ed by him, ari oath, according to that one of·the forms set out in the. F12tlrth
':Schedule
to
this Act which the member accepts as appropriate in his case.
25. Vaoation of seats.-(1) No -person shall be a member of both Chambers, .
·and rules made by the ·Governor-General exercising his individual. judgment shall·
· 'provi<le for the vacation by a person'who fa 'chosen' a. member of both Clmmbers
10! his Reat in one Chamber or the other. , '
• (2) I£ a rnember of ei~her Chamber- .
. . (a.) ·becomes, subject to any,of the dii:~qualifications mentione.d in,iEmbsect.fon
•(l)
or
the next succee)'ling section; or .
. . . (b) by writing unue1)1is hand addi·essed to the · Gov~rnor~General resigns his
":Seat, .,,... · · · · ,' ·· · , .
. f:his seot. -shnll there'upon become vacant •.
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. (3) It for sixty days a :rn~mher of eitqer Oha,mber is without pennission oi!
. the Ch~mber I absent from all meetings thereof, . the Chainher mas declare his
, .seat vacant : · . ,, ·
.. Provided th;ik in comput.ing the said. p~ridd of sixty days no account shalt be
. taken ~f ~n~ period dur~g which the Chamber is prorogued, or is ·adjourne:d for
.more than four .consecutive days. · . · · · . ·. . .
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26. Diaqitalifioations for 1nember81iip.--:-(l) A.person shall be qisqualified for
being c;1osen as,. and fol' b,eing, a member of either. Chamber- .. .
· (a) If he holds any office of profit under the .Qrown in India), other than au
.office declared by Act of the .Federal Legislature not to disqualify its holder;
, (b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so 'declared by a eompeten~ court; ·
(c) if he is an undischarged insolvent; .' . . . . . ·. · .. ·
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(d) if; whetheJ.: .before qr after the. establishment of tl;ie Federation, ·.he hasr
'been c,emvieted. or has, .Jn· proceedii1gs for questioning. the :validity .or rag\:tlarity
0.f an election, been found to have beenguilty, of e.ny.offence or cormpt or illegal
;p1~actice relating to electfons which };as been dec1ared, by Qrder in Council or. py · 1 ·
'3.n Act of the Federal Legislature to be an offence or· pra,ptice entailing disquali
fication £or
membership
of the Legislature, unless such period h.as elapsed as
ll'nay be s11ecif\ed in that behalf by the .provisions of th.~t Ordei' ~r Act;. , · . .
(e) if, wheth,er before or. after the establishment o:f the Federation, he. has,
' beer. convict13d o:ll a~1y other offence qy a court in British lndia.01: in p. State which.
' is a Feder11,ted State and. sentenced to transportation or to impriSoni1wnt for not
less than two years, unless a period of five years, or such less period H!;l the ··
. lClovernor-CJ:eneral, acting in his discretion, may allow in any particular case, has
elap.sed sincti, his relei)se; , · · . · . · ·
(f) if, having been nominated as a candidate for the Federal or any Provinciai
'Legish;i.tup~ or having acted as .an election agent of any person so· nominated, J1e
·has iai.led to lodge a return of election
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expenses "'ithin the time and, in, the>,
~w,nner requirE.d by any Order in Council made under this Act or by any .Act of
tht1 Federal or the Provincial Legislature, unless .five years have elapsed from the
'date b;y which the return ought to have been lodged or the Governor-Genertil',
-acting in his aiscretion, ; has removed the disqualification:
P'rovided ·that lt disquaJificavion Under paragTaph. (f) of. thIS subsection.· shall
no.t tal~e effect umil the expiratipn of one month from' the da~e by whieh the
return 'ought ,to have been lodged or 0£ sµch longer period as the Goyernor-·
(General, acting in bi's diScretio.n, may in any particular case allow. . .
(2) A person shall not be capable.of being ch.osen a rhember of either Chamber
''hile he i'l serving a sent~nce of transportation. 01; o:f imprisonment for a 'Criminal·
r;>ffence. · ·· · · · · . ;
(3) \.Vhe1'<'l· ·a iierson who, hy virtue of a conviction or a conviction and a
:sentence, becomes disqualified by virtue of paragraph ( d} or paragraph . ( e) of
subsection (1) of this section is at the date Of the disqualificatioii a member of the
I.egislat.:UrA, 'his seat shall; notwithstanding anything in this' or the last preceding
section,
not '.become vacant b'y
reason 0£ the disqualification until three months
bave elapsed from the date thei·eof or, if within those three months an appeal or
petition for revision 'is brought in respect of the e01ivictioh· or the sentenc.e, until
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thfl..t appt~al 01· petition 'is dispos<id of, but during any period during \vhich .his.
membership is preserved by this subsection he shall not sit or vote.
(4)
For
the purposes of tbis se.ction a person shall not be deemed to hold un.
-Office of profit uni:ler the Crown in India by reason only that-,.;
(a) he is a 'minister either for the Federation or for a Pi:ovince; or
(b) while serving a State, he remains a member of. one of the services of the
Cr()wn in Irnlia and retains all or any of his rights as such.
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, 9.7. Penalty for sitting ancl voting when not qualifiecl, or when. disq1wliJle1L
If u. ·.per801:i, sits oir voteR as 11. nnimber of eith.er Chamber when ·he is not qualified
•oris disqualified forime,m.hership thereof, ol' :when he is prohibited from. so tloi,ug
~hy the provisiou'liof subsection (3).of the last precedii1g section; he shall be li
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in respect of each day on which he so siti;i or
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votes t<;> a. penalty of five hundred
rupees to be recove1ted as a· debt due to the Fed'eration; / . . . · '
·· 28. [>rfoilegea itc. ·of ~6~bets~-(1) Subject to the. proviaiona of this ,Act;.; ·
and to the rules and sta.nding orders regulating the procedure of the Federal.
Legislature, tb.ere .sh~ll be freedom of speech 1n the Legisl.atur.e, and no' member
of bhe Legislature sha}l be liable to any proceedings in an:y court. in respect of
anything said. 01· any vote givep by him, in the Legislature or any committee· .
thereof, and no person shall be so liable in· respect of the publication by or under· ·
the authority of either Chamber of ,the Legislaimre of an:y report, paper, votes or
proceedings. '· · · . · . . . . ·
(2) In other respects, tpe privileges of members of the·. Chambers shr~ll be such ,
· as 'may froni time t.o time be defined by Act of the Federal. Legislature and, until, ··
so defined, shall be such as were imme,diately before the establishir1ent of the~
Federation enjoyed bj members· of the Indian L'egislatur.e. . . . ., '
(3) lothing in any e~istiug In(iian Act, and, notwithstandi11g anything 'in· '
tJie. foregoing p1·ovisions of this section; nothing in this A,ct, i!lmll be construi~d as
confenin.g, or em11owering the Federal .Legislature to confer, on either Chamber
or on both Chamhe-rs sitting together; ol' on any· cotnm:ittee or offie.er ofi the·
· Lt~gislat11re, the status. ofa court, or any punitive 'or disciplh1ary powers othel:f
. than a power to reniov~ or exclude persons infringing tlhe rules or sttniding orders, ~ ·
or otherwise b'ehavilig in a disorderly manner. " ,
( 4) Provision may be made by an Act of the Federal Legislµture for the
vunishment;_ on conviction before a court, of persons who refuse .tO give evidence·
or: produce, document.s before a committee of ,a Chamber when duly required'by
the .chairman of the committee ·.so to do : · . . · . . .
Provided tha~ any such Act shall have effect s.ubject to such rules tor' regulat-·
ing t.he attendance before such committees of persons who are,· or. have been, · iw
thlo. servicf' of . tl).e Crown in India,. and safeguarding co_nfiilf)ntial matter frqm
disclosure; as may be made by the Govemor-General exercising his indiVidua.r
judgment. . · · · . ·
(5) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall apply in
relation ta persons who by virtue of. this Act have the right to speak in, and'
otherwise take par,t in the pro~eedings of, a Chamber as they appl:y in relation .to
. members of the Legislature.
·. 29 .. Sa:fories and allowances .<>f 1nembers.-:M:embers of eitherChamber. i;haW
be entitled to· receive S1fCh salaries and allowances as may from tinie to tim<>
be determiried by Act of the Federal Legislature and, until provision in that
respect .is so' made, allowanaes at ·such rates and upoi1 such ·.donditions as were
immediately before the date of the establishment of the Federation applicable in
the mfase of members of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Legislature.
Legiaiative P1·oc6duts.
!JO. P1·ovisions as ta introiluction and passing of. Bi.lls.~(1) Subject to the·
special pi·ovisiops. of this Part of this A,ct with respect,. to nnancial Bills a Bill:
may originate in either Charnber. .· · . ' ·
. (2) Subject to the provisioris of the next succeeding section, a Bill shall not
be deemed to have been 1)assed by the Chambers of the Legislature unless it has
been agreed to by both. Chambers, either without al)iencli.hent or with such-
amendments only as are agreed to 15y 'both Chambel's.". · . ·
(3) A Bill P.ending in the Legislatu1·e shall not iapse by reason of the p1;o-·
rogation of the C4ambers. · · . .· , •.
. (4) A BIU pending in the Council of State which has not been passed by_..
,the Federal Assembly shall not la,Pse. on a. dissolution of the Assembly: ·
(5)' A Bill w]ifoh is pendii:i.g in the Federal Assembly oi· whioh h~ving bee!r
passed h;v: tl~~ i;e~eral Assembly i$ pen,ding in ~he Counoil of St~te shall,· l:lubject
to the pro:vz~1ona of the next s,ucceedmg f?ection,' lapse on a du>solution of ths·
Assembly. ·· · ' · f1i ·
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3L Joint sittings pf ,both Cham.bers in certain cases.-(l) If. after a Bill has·
;been pa1?se<l h;y one Chamber and'transrriitte'l to the other Charriber- ·
(a) the I;Hll' is rejeGted by the otherChamber; .or·
(b) the Chawbers have finally disagreed as to the amendments :tO be made
in the Bill;. or · · · · · · · ·
. (c) more than six months, ·elapse from the ditte OE the reception of the Bill
b-y the. other Chamber witlim.!t the Bill J;iei9g presented to the Governor-General
lol" his ·assent, · . · . . ·
the Governor-General may, u.nless the· Bill has lapsed by t;•;ason o~ u ciissolui:ion
;of
the :Asffi:Jmbly, notify to
the Chanib13rs, by mei;isage if tJiey are sitting or by
public nqtification if they aiie nut sitting, his intention to .summon them to :tneet
.'in it. joint. sitting for the purpose of deliberating .and ''.otirtg on the Bill : .
Provided that, if it appears to. the Gqvernor-GEineral that a the Bill rehites to. ·
;finance or
'to.any matter which affects
the discharge of.his fonctibns'iri. so fai· as
he is by or unCl'.er this Act required to. act in his ·discretion or to ·exercise -his .
individual judgnieI~t. he. n:1ay .so notify the Chambei·s' notwithstanding that t·here.
)1as beef! no. rejection o~ 01• final disagreement as .t.o the Bill and notw:ithstuncling
·:4;hat the said period of six· months has' not elapsed, if he is satisfied that there is
no refi,sonable pi·ospect of the Bill being presefl,ted to him for. his assent without
•undue de}~y. · · · . · · · · . ·
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In reckoning any such pe1jod of six months as is referred to in this subsection,
;no account ,shall be t_aken: of any time during which the Legislature is prorogued
-OJ during which both Chambers are adjourned for more than four days.· ...
' (2) Where? .the .Governor-General has notified his intention of summoning the
Chambers to meet in a jofot sitting, neither Ch.amber ,_shall p'roceed fmt)10r with
. ,the Bill, but the Governor-Gen\'.'1'111 may at any, time in the next session after the
.expiration o:f six months from the date of 'his notification summoxi. the-Chambers
· · to meet in a joint sitting. for the purpose specified in his :µotification and, if he
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·d<les so, t.he Chambers.sha.11 meet acc0rdingly:
. Ptovidecl that, if it appears to the Governor-General that tho Bill is. such ~~~
'.Bill as is mentioned. in the proviso to subsection~ (1) of this section,_ he may
. ·summo1:1 the Chambers to :meet in a joint sitting for the· purpose aforesaid ;it
:a1iy date, whether in the same session Qr i).1 the next session. ,, ' . '
( S) 'l'he "functions of t.he Governor-General under the;. provisos to the two lust
iPrecedin,g subsections shall be exercised by him in his discretion. •
(<!) H at the joint siUing of the two Chambers tho Bill, with such amend~
rnents; if any; as are agreed to in joint sitting, is l?assed by a majority of the
'toval number of members. of both Chambers present and voting, it shall be deem·
·ed' for the purposes of this Act to hav-e been· pas'sed by both Chambers :
P1-.1\'.ided i;hat at a joint sitting.:_ .. ·
·. , (a)· if the Bill, having been passed by one Chamber,. has not been pas8~d by
~he other Chamber with amendments and retiJ.rned to the Chamber in which it
originftted, 'no, arnendment shall be prop~Jsed to the Bill ·other than such 'amend~
mcnbo: (.if nn,v) a;; nm made ncces»ar3' b,y tho delay ii:t the passage o:f the Bill;
(l!) .H the Bill has beep so passed nnd retu~ned, only such amendment,s ai;.
aforesaid shall be r1ropos<id to t1rn Bill and such other n.menclments as are relevant.
i,o the. matters with respect: to w:hich tl~e Chambers have not agreed,
and the decision of: the person 'pre>iiding' a~do the iunendmentf-1. whicp are adrniasi-
~·ble rn:ider this subsection sha1l'be nhaL - .
(5) A jqint sitting may be 11e1d under this. section and a Bill pa;;;sed thereat
'l!otwithStanding that a dissolutfon Q.f the A.ssembly h:as .intervened ;;ince t);e
'Governo1·.Gcneral notified his intention to sum11.1on. t11e Chamberl'l to meet tlier~.h1.
'32 .. As.~e'iit to BiUs and powcr'.of C1'0wn to disallow Aots.-:-(l) When a Bill
• 'has been 'Pa~secl hy the Qhanibers, it qha.ll be presented to .the Governor-General,
:and the Governor-General shall in his discretion dtciclare eit.her that he a.ssents
fa His Majesty's •ru1me f,o t1rn Bill, or that he withholds assent therefrom,· .oi:
hat he reserves the Bill for tbe signification of His Majesty's pleasure·:·
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, Provided it;hat. tbs Governor-Geirnral may in his '<;lis.cretiou l:f)turn the· Bill
the Chambers with.a·inei;isage requu1ting.that:they will.reconsider 'bhe Hill m•
any specified provisions thtl,reof and, in particular, will consider tlre desi:vability of,
inti'oclucing any such amtindments as' he may 'recrommend i11 his message,' and
the Chambers f!hall reconsider t!;ie Bill aecordillgly. , ' , · . .· . . ·
. (2) A Bill ~eserved for tlie signification of His, Majesty's plensura slwll ,riot'
,become an Act, of the Federal Legislature unles.S and until,. within twelve months
from the day on which it 'w:as presented' to ,'the Governor-Gen,,eral, the Governor-.
General makes know1i by public notification that , His Majesty has assented.
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(.H) Any Ach assented to by. the, Governor-General may l;ie_disu,llffwed b,v'IIis.
Majesty within twelve, months from the Uay 'of the G,overnor~General's' ~ssent,.,
and where any Acl .is so disallowed the Governor-General shall fQrth>v:ith, make
the disallowance kno;;vn by, 'publi9 notification, mid as frQrn tli"c date of the noti.,. ;
fim~tion the .Act shall beeo:ine void. • '. · · · · · , . . . · ,
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Procliai~re in Fina:nciol inatters ..
'33,, A'nnuai finanoial 8tat~ment.-,,(l'> '£be Goveinor-Gener.ai shall in i·e'specfi .
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of every ,financi11l year cause to be lui~ before, both, Chambers of. tfie FeMral.
Legislature a :statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Fodera~ .,
' twn for that. year., in 'this Part oi this ~~et refe
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ned to as tlie ;<annual :finai1ciaI.
statement". . · ,, · '·, . · . .. . , . ,
(2) 'J;he estimates of expenditure embodied in the a~1hu·a1 financiiil statemetlil'
, shall 'show separ~tely.:...,.. · . , . · . , , . , . ,, · · ' . . . , ' , .
Ca) the sums• requ,ired to iheet expenditure described by this Act as expendi·
ture cl}arged upon the revenues of the :E'eqeration; and '
1 , (b) the sums required to meet other expenditui·e proposed' t0 be made fr/Jin
the l'.tWenues of the J;'ederatioi1, , , ,
and shall distinguish e:ll.'})enditure on revenue nocount :frorn other' expenditlll'.e,
and indicate ilie sums,' if .a1iy, 'Which are i.ncfoded solely because the Govel'nor• ·
Geheral,
has directed tb-0ir foch1sion as b8ing
necessary for the 'd'ue discharge 0£ · ,
nay of his sp()cial responsibilities. . , , . , , . .
(i:I) The following expenditme shall be expenditure clrnrged on ~he rc:ve11ueB of ,
the Federation:-· '. . . , , · · . · ., ,
(a) the salary and allo·Iyances o:f. the Goverrior-Genei'lil ,and other "expenditurtt
.
r~la~iD;g. to
his office for , which pl'ovision is required to be m'.ade, by Order m,
Council; , .. · · .. •.. . ·. ' , : , , . . , . •
, , (b} p.ebt charges for which 'the FeJeration is liable, including'i:nfei·est, sinli:ing
fund charges and . redemption charges; and other expernlitnre relating to the
raising of lon.n& and the service a.nd redemption of debt: . ' '
' (o)
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tho:• sal;iries and allowances, of rninisters
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of counsellors, of the fiuanciaL
adviser,
of the fldYOCllt«;-genel'fll,
o:f: chief COIYJilllS8l0118l'S, and of, the sf.alt bf thfr
financial ad vis er; ,· · · ' , ·
(d) iilw salaries, allowances and pensions po.yab1c to 01' ii; respect of judges of
the J<'ecleral ('ond,, and the pensions, i~a:yahle to or in respect of judgcf; . of ,any
High Cmirt; .
, , (e) expenditu~e for the . purpose of , tt10 discharge by, the'. Governor-Geiiertil ·
of his functions wit.h respect to defence and ,ecclesiastical affairs, his functions
wit·h respect ~o external affairs in so fat as he is by 01: under this, Act1 required ..
in the exercise therfilof tp act in his diimretion, hiS functfons in or: in relation
to ti:ibal areas, 11nd his functions in relation to . the atlministratfori bf • ahv
ter11it01·y in the direction an<l. 'contrbl' of which, he is under thi~ Act required· ·
to act in his discretion,: provided that tlie sum so charged in any ,year. in
respect of expenditure on ecclesia.sticR.l aff~irs shall not ex~ee(l for.ty-two lali:hs
of rupees, exclusi'ye of pension· charges; ·
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1 '.i-his Cl]ause, in so far as it relates to Lhe. Advocate General·,. came into forc,o ·on the 1st
April, 1937, under.paras. 3 and 11, (},,of J; (C. T. Prov.)'(),
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J*l, ··~ • ·~~· GE0 5 ~ 1 ~PW• B: J' GO••~""'~t Ofln&a i,o; 1935; . '·. . [ QU :: J
i ... · . ·. . (j) the sums p~y~ble to Hie; 'Maje'sty 'under thiE? Act out ~! ~he revenues.
t qf t4e Federation. in ·respect of tl:ie \expenses incurred in •dischargmg the ·func-
1 . tiohs :.of the Crovv:n in its. retations with Indian States; . . . . .
. (g) any grants for purposes oonnected with the adrninistration of any areas.
.. in a .Province which .are for the time behig excfodecl are!].-$;.. . .
(h) any sumi:; required. to satisfy any judgme~t. decree or. award. of an,y
.court or ~~rbitral tribunal; ·
. . (i) nny other expendit1,1re declf.tred' by this Act or .an; .A~t o:f the Federal
Legisl!],ture to be so cha.:rged. . · . . .
· (4) Any· question whether any p11oposed expenditui;e •falls within a class of
·expenditure ch~rged on the.revenues 0£ the :Federation shall be decided by the
. Governor-General in his discretion. · . . . . .
34. Prqcedure in Legislature with 1·1rnpect to sstimates,_.;..(1) So much of
· the estimates of expenditure as relates · to expenditure charged, upon. the-.
. ,rovenui:i.s of .the Federatjon shall. not be submitte{(to th~ vote ·of 'the Legis.
la:t,ure,· but nothing in. this subsection shall be construed as· preventing the
discussion in either Chamber of the Legislature of any Of 1Jhose' e,stimates other
. thun estimatt·s relating· to expenditure referred 1to in 'paragrapl1 (a) i:lr -para-
graph (/) of sub-section (3) of the last' preceding section. · ·, ·
(2) So much of the said estimates as rel~tes' to other expenditure shall be
submitted in the form of demands for grants to the 1Federpf Assembly nnd ,
thereafter to ,the Council of Sta.te, and· either Chamber shall hl1ve power to
assent or to refuse to assent to ·any demand, or ·to ai;isent to· :any demand ·
subject to a reduction of the amount' specifi~d therein: · . . . ·
Provided ·.tha,t,
where
.the Assembly have refused to. as$ent to any demand;
that. demaml 'sha1J not .be submittea to the Council. of S.tate; · up.less the
Governo1;·General so directs an,l, where .the .Assembly have assented to i1."
demand 'subject to, a reduction' of the amo~nt specified there,. a demand for
the i·edu,.cecI amount only shall be submitted to the Council of ·State, unless
the Governor-General .othtirwise directs·; aµ.d. ~vhere, iu eithe1· of the sa:fd cas,es,.
such a qirection is. givitn, the demapd sl1bnritted to tl~e Council of State shall.
be for such amount, not being a greater amount than th.at originally. dem~ncled,
as may be specified in the dil'ection: · ·
(3) If the Chambers differ with respect to . 11ny · demand the ' Governor
Generat shall summon the 'two Chambers to. roeet in a joint sitting 'for the
,pu'rpos.e ,of d'eliberating '.and voting on the demuhd as to which ~hey disagree~.
arid the decision of the majority qf the members of both Clmmbers .present.
.
and voting shall be deemed to be
the decision of the two Chambers,. ··• . . . ·
(4) No demand, for. a grant shall be ma¢1e except on t.he recommendation
of the Gove:rnor·General. · .
35: A1ithim-tication of schedi<le of a·uthorised e:x1Jendit1tre.-(l) 'Phe
Governor~.General shall authen~icat-e, ·by .his signatlire a schedule specitying--:
(a) the gran~s made 'by the Chambers under the last preceding section; ·
(b) the .several sums. required -to meet the expenditure· charged · .on the
rev(}mi.es .of the. Federation hut not exceeding, in the. r:ase of any stun, the
sui:11 'shown in the statement previously laicl beforo the Legislature: ·
Pfovide'1 that, U the Clupnbers . have not assented to·, any demand for a.·
grant or have o,ssented sul?ject to a reduction of the. amount specified therein, .
the Governm.'-General may, if, in his opiruoi1 the. refusal or reduction would
affect the due discharge of any of his special respon.sihilities, include in· the
schedule such additional amonnt, if any"· not d'xceeding the ar~ount of the
rejec.ted dernand Or the 'reduction, ftS, the case may be., . as appears to him
necessary in or~er to efilable hi~n to discharge thnt responsibility, , · . . ,
(2) r£he schedule so authentw~ted shall be laid befo1·e both Chambers but
shall not be open to discussi0n cir vote · therein.. ·. , . .
(3) Subject to the .;grovisions of Hie next succeec~ing section,' no expeticliture
from the l'.evenues OJ' the Federation sha.ll he deem~d to bo duly authorised:
' unless it is specified in the, schedule so. nuthehticatcd, ·
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36. ~l1t11plti·mt:ntary state.ment~ of. experuJ,itute;~If in.· ;respect of . !:!-DY
'financial year further expenditm•e from tpe revenues of the Feqel:ation. becomes
.ne.cessary over and above the expenditure theri;1t9fore authorised for ~hat. year,
. the Goveni01:-General .shall cause to be Jaid before both Cham}:Hsrs. of . .t.Qe ·
Fedt:ral Legislature a' supplementary statement showing· the estiihated: a,ruount
of tha.t expenditure, and. the provisions of the preceding sections. shall have
effeqt. in· relation: to t~at statement and. that experiditwe as ~hey have effect .
in." relation to the annual .financial statemel'lt and the expenditure mentioned·
therein. " ·
87.
Speciiil provis.ions ·as tO fin~noiat: Bil.ls,-(1)
A Bill or am~ndment
making .:Provision~ . " '· ~ ..
(a.) for impm;i:ng or increasing any tax; or
(b) for i'eguli.ting the bo:rr,owing' of money,. or the givmg bf any gun:r::li1tee
by the. F.ederal Government,• or for amending the, law with .respect to any
. , financial 'obligations undertaken ot tc; be undertaken bf the Federal Cf9vern-. ·
ment; .or : . . · · .. · . · · . ·;.. ·
(c) for Clliclaring any expenditure ti)-be expenditure charged on the re'V'e;nues ·.
-Of the .Federation, or for/increasing the a:p:iount of any such expenditure, · . ·.
shall. not be· introduced or moved except· on the recomruen~ation . ·.·of the
Governor-Geni;iral, al).d a: Bil~, 1naking such provisioll. . sh&ll not be introduced
~·~~~~~~.· . . .... · .~.
· · (2) A BUI or amendmen.,t shall not be deemed to make prov.:ision for any
of the purposes aforesaid by reason only that it i1rovi'1.es foi· the imposition of
fin'ls· ·or othet pecuniary penalties, or fbr the· demand or ·payment of fees for
licences or fees for services rendered. . . . • / · · · · · · · · "
· (3) A Bill .· w ll.ich,, if:. enacted ·arid brought into . opei'ation, would .. involve
expenditure from the revem+es ·0£ the '.Federation shall npt be pass9d by either
Cha111be1: · unless. tfre Governor-Genernld.rns recommended to that Qlmmber the
c.onsideration of the. Biil. . .
?1~oced·ure genetaU.y.
38.
Bule.~ of vroccd·iuo.-(l) Each Chamber of
the Federal, Legislature may
make h1les for regulating, subject to .the provisions. of this Act,· their prqcedure
and the co!iduct of. their business: · ·
·
:Pr~vided th~t
:as regards each Chamber· the Govcrpor-Ge'nera( shall in his
<lisoretioi1
1 nHer con>11tltntion with Lhe. PresfrleuL. ol'. the ,gp~ak:er;. as the case
may,, be, _make rules.:__ . . . . . . . ,, . . . . ' .
~a). for l'f;gul'ating the w:ocec1u1·e of, and the conduct. of business in, the
Chamber in relatiOn to. any ·maUer which affects the discharge of his functions
in so far as he is bv or under this Act reqnired tQ,ad in his discretion or to.
exercise his individiiaf judgment;' . ·. ·. · . . · ·. · ·
(b) for 1-:ccuring the timely eompletion ot fi11an6ial busine.ss; · ,
(o) for prohibiting the discussion of, or. the asking of ques~ion on, any
. matter connected. with any Indian State, other than a.'mattet with respect
to w~ich the Federal JJegislature has power to, make laws for that ,State,
unless the Govel'nqr-Gen.eral in his discretion ,is satisfied that the matter affects
Federal interests or affects a Ifritish sl1bjeet, and bas ·given his consent tp
the matter being . discussed or the ·-question being asked; ,• .
(d) fo,• prohibiting, save with: the consent of the Govel:nor-Gebeml_ .in his
diseretion,-. · . . .. · · · · · ..
(i) the discussion of,, or t'he
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askLng .of tpiestioris on, nny niatter connected
·with relations bet.ween His Majesty or. the Governor-Ge1\eral and any foreign
State or frince -or - ·· · · · · · ·
(ii) the dlsc~ssion, except in 'relation: toc:istimates of expenditure! of, or the
~sking of que13tions on, any rriatter connected with the tribal. areas or the
adminiskation . of an\'r. excluded area; or . . . ' ... ·
(iii). the discussioh of;' or the 'asking of questions on, apy action taken in his
discretion h.v the Gi:ivernor-General in relation to the uffai1·s of a Province; .or
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(iv) the d1sc'}Ss10n <:f, or _the fl.Sking of questio!ls on, the personal conduct
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0! th~, Rule_: of
any Indran State, or .of a meml?er of the ruling family thereof;
~~t· if and m s? far as a:r:y rtje .so made. ~Y the . Governor-Gentgral is inconsistent
h any r.ule made by a. Chamber the rule made bv the Governor-General
·shall prevail. ·. · ' . · ·-· · . ",, ·
(2) The. Governor-General, . after consultation with the President -, of the
-Oouncil of State and the S'peaker of the. :j:;eg~lative Ass~mbly,' may make rules
cas to th~ procedure with respect to joint .sittings 9£, ~md communications
between, the Mvo Chambers. · · · ;.
The said rules shaH make such· provision for the purposes spe~fied in the .
. _proviso
to
the preceding· sub-section as the Governor-General in hi'io discretion
-;mav thirik fit. · · · · , . ,
·. .(3) 1Jritil-rules are niade unclei· this section, the ;ules of proced~i;e an,d
:st~iiding orders in force immediately 'before the establishment·of. the' '.Federation
:with respect, ~o the Indian_ Legisfatiure -shall' have effect in· relatjon -.to the .
Federal Legislature subject to such modifications and adaptiitidns · as lnay be
-':made ther.ein by· the Governor-General in his diseretio:f). _ , .·
. ( 4) At a joint sittirig of the two Chambers the Fres1dent oJ' the Council of
State, o! in his absence .such P,erson a:;i may be 'detennined by rules of prtice
·dure made 91der this section, .shall pi·eside. . . . .. ·
3!t: Ji]ngl1sh to be u.sed: in. the Federa.l Legislq,ture.-All proceedings in the
Fedm:al Legislature shaU· be conducted in the English language: . . -
Providetl
that
the rules' of procedure of each Qhan1ber and tlie rules with
-respect 'to joint sitt;i.ngs shall p:t:,ovide for el'Htbling persons t1nacquainted, pr not
·suffieientl,Y aequainterl; ·Mth the English lm1guag<,.i to us.c 'another lang~wge. ··.
40. Restrictions on discuss'ion in the Legislatu1·e.-(1) No .discussion shall. •
take placf) in the Federnl Legisfatui'e with respect to the conduct of .a;ny ·judge
·or· ~he Federa\. Court or n High Court in the d!scharge. of his duties. .
, In this subsection the reference. to .a High Coµrt shall be constru~d as.
ineluclin<r a reference to anv court fa a Federat0d State ·which is a High Court for
/ .1:my of the pm;pqses of Pa~t IX Qf this Act. · .· . . ' : . .
. (2) H the. Governor"General in his discretion certifies that the di?cuss1on ·
-of a Bill intl·oclucecl or proposed to be introclucecl in the :Federal J,eg1slature,
•Or of any specified clause. of a Bill; -or of nny amendin~nt mo.ved or· prop<;~ea
to be' 1noved to a Bill, would affect the di::<charge of his special respons1b1hty
for .the prevention o'f any gtuve mena(,!.e to the peace or tmnquillity of Iiidia or ·
,'any part thereof,· he may in his discretiou direct tlmli no _proceedings, qr no ·
fnrtlier proce9dings, shall be taken in relation to the Bill, clause oi• amendment, '
nnd !'lffect ·shall be given to the directio11. ·
41.
Courts not fo inquire into proOeedingB .
of the Legislature.-(1) T~e
·validity of any pro9eedings ih the Federal Legislature shaH not be called m
·question on: the ground of a~1y alleged irregularity of procedure. .
(2), No officer or other 111e111ber. ol' the Legislature .. in whom powers-are
. Ve8ted by or und01· •this Act for' regulating procedure or the ·conduct of ~us~ne_ss,
·-Or for maintaining order, in the I~egii:ilaturn shall be subject to the jurnid1ction ·
·Of any court in i:espect of the exercise _by him of those p9wers. .
·CnAPTEit-·_IV.-LEGISLN£1VE
POWER$. OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
· 42. ·Power of Gover1vo1'-Gentirai to prom,ulgate o1'dinances
during receM _ of
Legi!llatm'tJ.-(I) It at an_y time when the Federal J,egislattire is not in se::;sion
the Governor-General is satisfied ·that drcumstanees exist which render· it
•necessary for him to fake itrn;aediate action, he muy promulgate such ordinances .
:as the cireumstances appear to him to require: . ; ·
Provided that the Goveriior"General- ·
(a) sball'.-e;{ercise his h1dividual. judgme11t a.s rei:;peets the promulgation . of
:ttny ordinance under J;his section _if a Bill containing the same provisioas would
. ;inder this Act have niquired his previous sanction to the inti'odU;ction t.hei:eof
·mto the Legislature; and
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shall not,' w~thout ihstrnctions from
His Majesty, promulgate any such.
. ordhw,nc& if he would have deemed it necessary to, reserve~ a Bill containing thei
;;;ame 'provisions for the signification of His M\ljesty's pleasure thereon'. . .
(2)An ordin$,nce promulgated under this section shall have the same fore~·.
and effect as an Act of the .J.
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ederal Legislature assented· to by the ~overnor ....
Ge,neral, but every such>o~dinan-ce..,,..J · , ·. ·· .· · · . · '
(.:i,) shall b(') laid ·before the Federal Legislature and shall cease to operate-.
at the . expirati0p. of §iX weeks .from the reassembly of .the Legislature, or, if' ..
before. th~ expiration of that period resolutions disappr6vi1ig it are passed by · .
.. both Ch1:tmhers, upon the .passing of the second of those resolutions;
· ·(b) shall be subjtlct to the provision$' of this A•ct ,relating tO the powei· oi'
His Majesty to .disallow Acts as if it '"ere al) Act of tht;l. Federal ~egiSlatur&
assented to QY the Guvernor·General; and . .
(c) may bq withd1;awn at any time by the Governor-General. . . .
(3} If and
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so far as' an 01'.dinance under this section makes any. pm-\'isiow.
· which the •Federal Legislature wo.uld not under this Act be eompetent to e~act,.
jt shall be void. . . . ' . •,. . • . .
43. Powe1· of Governot-GeJitH'a·i ~o promutgate ordinances at a'.ny t,ime .with>
respect, to certain subjeo-tfi,_;.(1) If at any time the· Governor-General is. satiS-.
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fied th~t circumstances exist whicl+ render it necessary for, him to take .imfne
diate actioi1 for the purpose of ·enabling him satisfactorily to discharge his.
!unctions in so far al:l he is by or under this Act required in the exercise thereof
to· act· in hi~ discretion or to exerci'se his indivi,dui:tl judg,ment, he may prorin,tl"
gate ·such ordinances as in his opinion the, circumstances of the case require.
, '(2) An'" ordinance pionrulgatecl ,under this section shall coritii:me in operatioin
·' for· $ueli _period not exceeding six .months as may he specified therein, but mtfy
by a subsequent .ordhumce be extended for a further period not exceeding .six;.
.months. . , · . . . · , , •
(8} An ordinance pron;mlgated unde'r this seetioJ:.1 shall have the same force-.
and effect as an Act of the Federal Legislature. asse1:ited to by the Governor~
General, but eve:rv such ordinance- ·. · · · ·
(a) _sliaH be subject to the pl'Ovisions of this Act relating to. the po\vei· of
His Majesty to disallow Acts as if it were an Act 0£ ·the Ji'ederal Legislature:
aS'Sented
tp
by the · Governor-General; · , · .
· (b) may he withilrR»vu 11t anv th.no by the Ooveruur~Geheral; and
(o) if it is an 01;dinance exte~ding a pr~vious m'dint'n:ice for a -further· period~~· ·
shall
be
communicated forthwith. to the Secreta:tv of State amt shall be laidl·
by him before each House. of Parliament. . . , . ' . · ,. . . · ·
(4) If ·and so far as an ordinance under this section· makes any pl'Ovision·
whieh the Federal Legislature would not under this Act be competent to.
e11act, it shall be void. · ' · ·
(5). The functions of the GovernorcGenernl under: this section shall· be
exercised }>y him in his dis'c'retion.
44. Power of Governor-General in ce,·tain circn:mlltanoes' to enact A,cts.-L
(1) If at any time it appeRrs to the dovernor·General that, for the purpose of'
enabling him satisfactorily to discharge his functions in so far as he il':I b;v or
under this Act requ'ired fa the exercise thereof to act in his discretion or to
exercise his' in.dividual judgment, it is esiiential that provision should be inade·
by legislation, he may by message to both Chambers of the IJegislature explain
the eircunwti:1nces which in his opinion render legislation essential, and eithf:'r~
, . fa) enact forthwith, as a. ,Governor-General's Act; a Bill containing such"
provisions as he considers nece.ssary ; or ' '
(h) attac}l to his message a draft of the Bil}. whfoh he considers· necessary.
(2) Whe1·~ .the Governor-Geperal takes such action as is mention'ed in para
graph (b) of the preceding subsection, he may at any time after the expira-
tion of. one month enact, as a .. Governor-General 'i; Aet., the Bill riroposed by
him to the Ohnmbers either in the form of the draft cornmunfoated t{J ·them
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·01· with such amendments as.he deems necessary, but before so doing he sha)l'.l
consider n1iy address which mt\y have bf'en presente.4 to him Within the said''.
period by either Chumb'e1· with reference' to the Bill or to ari1endri;:13nts suggestedj
to be made the~ein.. .· . , . · · . , . . .. ·. . . f . · ,
. ' (3) A Governor-General's Act shall_ have the same force aT,1.d efl;ect, and.,
;;;hall be subject to disallowance fa the. same manner, as ari Act of ·the 'Federal
Legislature assented to by the Governor~Genernl and, if and in so,, far as a.:
Governor-Genor~~l 's Act ·makes any . provision ·which tl;ie, J!'ederal I,egislature
would not under this Act be competent to e:m~ct, it shall b'e void. ·
( 4) Every Govemor-Gene:rnl 's Act· shall be communicated forthwit~1 to the,
. Secretar,i' of State and· shall be 1,aid by him before each House of. Farhament.
·· · · (5) The functio:qs o:I the Govern9r-Genetal under this section.:.,· shall be·
exercised by hirp: in his discretien, ·· ·· . . . · .
, CrrAPTEI• V.-Pno.v1sr0Ns IN bAsE oF FAILURE OF CoNsTITU'.l'IONA~ lVI.AcHINElt~.
· . 45.· Power of 'Gov1n·;ior~Generai to issiw<Prootarn~pons.;,_('1.)· If a~ ~ny time·
·the
Governor-General is· satisfied
that ·i1 situatioii ·has arisen · P;i which the:·
government of the. Fede1;~tion cannot he carried 'on' 111 a<i.CQl'dance '\Vith the"
provisions of this Act, he may by Pi·oclamation,,-
(<.i) declare. that his functions sha.U to .such ext.ent as may· be specified in ..
· · U1e Yroclamation be exe:;cised by him in his discretion; . ' .
(b) as,sume to. himself all oi' any of the poV.·ers vested in or·. exercii;1abl.0 . by ·
tlny ·]federal body or au'thori~', · · · · . . ·
1md ai~y such Proclqma~ion i1rny
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contain s:uch · incidental and consequentiaP
provisi6ns as ma,i' . appear to him to be riecessD,ry or' desirabl~ for giving .effect
tb the objects of the Pi·oclamatio11, indudfog prnvisions for Blisperill.ing il':t whole'
or in part the operation~ of any provisions of' this! Act refatihg t.o £n:iy Federull
bJdy or authority: . , · ,
Provi!fed
that
nothing in this .sub-section shall authorise the . Governor•
.
General·
to ai:!sume to himself any of the pQwers vestecl in or exercisable by 'tha,·
l!'ederal
Court ~)r :to suspend, eibhe1·
in whole or 'in pm·t,,the opera'tion of any
provisihn of thi's Act relating to the l!'esleral Comt. . , . ·. · . . .
·.,, . (2) .Any such 'Proclamation may be revoked 01 vm·ied by a su:bse<J,lim~b Pro·
damat10n. . · . ·.· . ' '
. · .(3) A Pro.clmnati011 issued nuder this sectio~...,..-
1 •• (a) sh!ll be comm1:inicuted forthwitl.1 to the Secretar~ of State and sluill' be·
larcl b,y-h1m. before each House .• of Parham1:mt; ,
( !l) unless it is a J>roeluiriatiou revoking a previous Proclarria,~ion, shalll
cease to operate at tl~c oxpiratio1i of Bix months': . . . ~
Provided that, i£ and s0 ()ften as a res6lutioi1 approving 'the qontinuunce in
for<;ie of such a Proclamation: is pi~ssed. by both ,Houses· of I
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arliament, the·
Proclamation shall, unless revoked, continue in force for a fmth~f .period of.
twelve months from the date on -which under this subsection it; \:foukl other"
wise have. ceased to operate. . . . ... · ·
(4) If 11t any time .the government df the Feclei·ation has foF a continuous•
period of thrt}e years been canied on UJ1der and by virtue of' 11 l)roelamati.on ·
issued micler this sectioi1, then, at the expiration of that period,. the :Proclama-
tion shall cease to have effect <1nd the government of .the ]'ederatioh shall be·
can-ied on in accorda11ce with the other provisions of this Act, subject .to any
ame:1dll1;eht ~hereof which. Pafliame1lt. may cleem it necessn.ry to make, but
not.lung m this subsection shall be construed as extending the power of Parlia-.
~nent to make a.mendments in this Act, without affecting the accession of a"
State. , ' ·. . .
(5) If .the Governor-General, b,y it Proclqm~ti 0n under' this 9ecti~n, assumes.:
to hi:riself 'any power of the Federal Legifllat.ure to make faws; any law macle ·
b~i' him in the exercise of tlrnt pmrnr shall, subject to the terms thereof,.
Qontfouo: to have effect untiil two Years ha.ve elapsed from. the da.te on whichr
the Proclamation ceases to have effect, unless. soon<'"r 1·epealed or re-enacted by
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· .. .Act or th~ appropriate Legisiature, ancL~ny reference .. in thi~. Act to Fed
.Acts, Eeclerall~ws, or Acts or iaws of the FecleraJ.l,egislature shaJl be constr
·'1.t~ including a reference t.o ·such a law. . . . ·. · ·· ·.
(6) The Junctions ,of the GcivE!rnor-_General under ~l:fis section shaU
. .exercised by him in his discretion .
.. ~ART. TII.1-TRE GOVER.NOHS' PHOVJNCES .
. · · Gm.P'l'ER f....:::..TnE l:'novrncEs.
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'46. Govm·1io1's' P1·ot,iinces.~(l)" Subject to the
provisions o~ the ne
·succeeding section with respect to .Berar, tl:~e I\Jllm1:ing" shall be Governor
.. Provinces,, that is to say, Madras, Bombay, Benga.l, the United Provinbes,
Punjab, Bihar, the Central P.rovinces ancl Berar, Assam, the North VI
l!'rontier Province) OriSsa; Sit1d, and· such otiher Governors'. Provinces as m
;be created. µnder this Act. .· · .
" (2) Burma shall c'eas!} to be part of. India.
(3) In this Act the expression "Province" means, unless the context
. ·wise requires, a Governor's Province, and .":rrovincial'' Bhall. 'be
caccordingly. ·· , .
.
47• Pr91)isions .as
to Biwar.-Whereas pertain territory (iii tl:iis Act reforr
to as "Berai:'') is under the sovereignty or His Exalted Highness the Niza
,of Hyder~bl'\'d; but is at the date of·the passing 9r this Act,. by vfrtue oLc.erta
agreements subsisting between . His· Jajest,r and His Exalted Highne
· administered together with the Central Provinces : · ·
. And whereas it is in contempla.tion. that an agreement. shall be· c~mclml
>bet1ye0n His. lajesty and His [Exalted. Highness wJiereby, notwithstanding tr
~i.ontinuance of the sovereignty of ·His Exalted.· Hig}mess over Berm;, th
Cent~al Provinces and B13rar may be. governed together ~ls ·one Govem9r'
. Province under this Act by the name of the Central P1'ovinMs and Bei'ar :
· Now, therefore;;__ ·
, (1) While any such agre~ment. is"'in force~ . ~ . . .
(a) BGmr nnd t.he Geutrai Provinces~shall, notwitlistaricling· the coiiltinuanc
•of .the sovereignty· of His Exalted Highnes,..; he de~mecl to,-be one Qovernor'
J?rovince ·by the i1ame of the Central Proviiiees anil l1ei:ar; · .
(b) any refort-rn:;e in this Act or in tiny other Act. to British. India shall h
constrnerl as a ref('lrence to Britisli Tnclia. arid Berar, and any reference h1 J;hi
.Act to subjects oj His Majesty shall, except for the purposes of. ai1y· oath o
:all~gi.ance,- be deemed to include a reference to .]3erari subjects of.His Exalte
Highness; ·
, (c) any provision made under thiJ:i Act with respect to the qualifications o
the voters :for the· Provincial :Legislatiire of the Cenkal Provinces and Bt-.rar;
or the voters f01; the Council· of State, shall be such as to give' effect to any
rprovisions· with respect to those matters contaiued· in the agreeme11t; ·
'(2) If no such iitgreement is concluc1ed, or if su.ch an agreement is concluded:
'but. suqsequently ceases· to. have effect, ,1;cferences .in this Act tO ·the Central
'Provinces and Bera1" shall be construe.cl as .references to'the Centr.a.1 Provinces,
. :and His 2ajesty in· Cpuncil may make such consequential rnodificl}..tions in the
·provision,s or this Act relating t,o the Centrl!-1 Provinces, as he thinks 'propel'. ..· •..
CHAPTER 'II:-THE PIWVINCIAI, EXJ<~CUTIVE.
The Oove17w1·.
48. Appoititment of Govern:Or,-,:.(1) The Governor -of a Province is
''by
His
1ajesty by a Commission.~ 1mder th'e Hoyal .Sign Manual. ..
(2) The provisionS' of the Third Schedule to· this Act shall .have effect with.
' · re·spect to· the salary ahd allowances of the Governor and the provtttion to be
made for enabling him to discharge convenieIJ,tly and with dignity the di.'1tles of.
his office.
i This Part canio intQ force on the 1st April, 11}3'1, nuder para. 3, G. of I .. (C. T. Prov.) O.
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. 49'.' Eq:eoutiv.e authority . of . frovi1ce.,.-(l) The executive" authority I °-' . a,,_
J>roviilce 'shaH be ··exercised on behalf .:Of. 1Iis. Majesty b:Y the !J.overnor, ·either···
directly:o:r thrciuab officers subordinate
to him;
but nothing in thi& section shall.
prevent the .Fetleral or . the Prpvillcial Legi.,slature. fr\:>lll conferring_' functions'
upon subordinate authorities, 6r be' deemed to transfer to the Governor any· ,
functions ,rion!eri:ed by any existing Indian law ori. any court, judge, or officer
. or any loce.l or other authority. . · . . . . . .
· (2) Subject . to the provisions of ~his Act, . the executive aut?ont;r of each
Province extends to the matters with respect to which. the Leg~slature· of the.
ProviMe has power to make laws. . · .
Ad~iinistration of· P1·ovincial Affairs.
50. CcnmciL af ministers .~(l) There shiill be . a ~ouncil. ()f . miiliste:cs tO . aid'
and advise the Governor in the exe:r;.cfae. ·of his functions, except in so far as-.
he is by or under this Act r~quired to e;xercise his functions or any of the!-11·:
in his . d.iscretion: · ·· · ' . . . ·. .·· · . · · / · .
:.. Prov~ded that nothing -in thiil. sub~f.l~ction shall be : construed as preve.nt'ing ·.·
the Governor. ;from exercising hi's in'1.ividual judgment Ill any case where by or.·
m;ider this Act he is required so to do. .·• .. . ·. · . . ' · · . · ...
(2J The Governor in' his discr~tion may . preside at meetmgs of the c.ounml l
of ministers. ' . " · · · · . -
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{3)
If any question. arises whethit;r any. matter is or i:s uot'a matter· ~g,
·J"esp.ec..tti which. tlie. G;overn,or is by or µnder this Act required to act !n his,. ·
discretion or to exercise his individ,ual judgJilent, .the decisi6n: of the Governor ·
,in ·ws discretion shall be final, and the validity · of i;tnything done'. l:iy . the ·
G<:,weri:lor shall not be called in. questfou on the ground that he ought or· ought
not to have a,cted in hl.s .c;liscretion, .or ought .or· ought not to have exercised his;
individual judgment. · · · · · ·
51. Othe.t ircrvisions as to mhiisteTs.-(1) The Goyernor's ministers shall be"
· ,•hqsen and summoned by him, shall be sworn ;:ts members of the council, and[
shi:i,ll hold office during his pleasure.
(2) A ministe:i; who for any. period of six consecutive . months il'l . 1iot a.
· membf'.r ot the Provincial Legislature shal.l at the ezj>iration of. that period'
cease to be \a minister. · · · · ·. · ' . ·
. · (3) The sala_ries of ~iniSters shall be such as the Pro-:lncial Legislature may ,
from· thne to time by Act determine, and, until the Provincial Legislature so.,,
determine, shall b_e dete:i:mined by the Governor:
Provided that the salary of a minister• shall no't be varied during his terl:1l"; ...
of office. · · . ·. . . · ·. . . · · ·
. (4} The question whether any, . and :if so what,·· ad ice. was tendered .by
ministers to the Uovem()r shall not be inquired int.o i:r1 any court, · ·
(5) The functions of. the .Governor tmder this section 1.vith respect to the,
choosing and summoning and the dismissal of ministers;· and with respect to,
the determination of their salaries, shall be exercised by him hr his disoretion. ·
5'2. Special responsibfilities of Govern.oT.-(1) In· the exercise of his func-.
tions the Governor shall have the following'. special responsibilities, that is to'
B~:- . .
(a,) the prevention 'bf any gra.ve menace to the peace. o:r tranquillity of the
. Province or any part thereof; ,
(b J the safeguarding of the legitimate interests. of minorities; . .
(c) the securi'ug to, and to the depe:iidants of, persons who~ are or have.
beeIJ. ;members of the' public, services of any rights, provided or preserved for
tM'tn by or under this Act, and_ the safeguarding' of their legitinla:te interests;
. (9') the · Etrcmmg in· the sph'ere of kXetiutive action ol' the purposes whjch thP
provisions of chapter III. of Part. V of this Act are de.signed to secure in1
. rel!'ltion, to legislation;
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( e) the securing of the peace ~nd good government o:f· areas . which
•under the provisions of this Part 0£ this' Act are declared ta.· be
·~oxcluded· areas;' • .·'' ' . ' ... '
(f)
the
protection of the .right$ of a:nv foclian' State . and, the· rights .
,iJignity of· the Hu.ler thereof; and . . . ,
· (g} the securing 0£ the. execution of orders or direct~ons lawfully iSsi;ed fu ·
:him under Part VI· of this. Act by the Governor-General in his Q.iscretion. . .·
. (2) The Governor of the Central . Provinces and Berar sha!l also, have tlie
-'Special responsibility ()f securing that a r~asonable. share of the yevenues of the
. Province is expendiod in or £or · the heJ:lefit of. ]3erar, 'the Governor of· any
Province which includes an excludei;I area shaH also .·have the special respon-
. iSibility of ser.,uring that the due discharge of his func,tioris in. respect of exciuded ·
i.areas
is
not prejudiced 01· impeded by· atrJ cours'e· pf action taken, with respect . · ·
:t.0 any other ·matter, any Governor who· is discharging. any functions as agent ·
for ,.the Governor-General shall also h~ve the special responsibility ,of securirig
>tl:iat ::the
due discharge
of those functions is n9t 'prejudiced or imN'ded by .an,y
·.<iourse of ac.:tion 'taken with respect to any dther matter, and
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th~ Governor 0£
. Bind shall also have the 'Special responsibility of securing. tl;le proper adniinis~ ·
tratio:ri. of the Lloyd Barrage ang, Canals Scheme. . . '. , ··
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' , (3) H and in S6 far as a.ny special re&ponsibility of 1the. Governor is ~livo1ved, •
he shall, in ~he exerc~se of hi!jl £.unctions, exercise his ii)di,vidlial judgment as
.tp.th'e e,ation to be taken. · · . . · · .
' 58. Fro1J,isions <is to fostrtt:tnent,·oj 1w~h·1wtions'.~(l) 'l'he Secre~ary of State·
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·~hall Ia.y .before Parliament. the ·draft of .any fostl"µctio:ri.s (inCluding ani .
. Instructions amending or revoking Instructions previously issued) which it is '
propos~d to recommend His Majesty to. issue to the Governor of a Proyirice, ·'
oand no forther [Jl'Oceedings· shall· pe· taken· in relation theretO 13xcf_lpt in 'pm~u
.ance. of. an address presented• to His Majesty by bpth Houses_ 0£
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Pa1:lii:une11t ,
ipraymg that the. Instructions may be issued. _ · · .
(2)
The validity
of· a1iythi11g done by the Governor of a 'Prov~nee shall Mt
1be called in question on the ground that it was done otherwise than in accord-.
·.ance with any Iu:strument of. Iilstructibns issued to him ..
' 54. Supel·intendenoe of Gfovernor-General.-(1) In 80. far. as the Goverhor
· of a . ProVince i~ by or _tinder this Act required· to act in his discretion . or t.o
-.exercise his indivichral judgment, he. shall he 'imder. tl10 gflnArri.i nnnfiroJ 0:£, and
'comply .with such particular directions, if any, as ·IrlJ\y from time to ·time be
given. tq. him by, . the Governor-General in his. clisere~ion, but the ·validity of ·
· anything-
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done
by a Governor shall not be called in question on th.e ground that ·
·it wi:i,s done otherwise, than in accordance with .£1\e provisions of this section. ·. · ,
(2) Before giving any direc~ions u,nder this section, the Governor-General
shall satisfy himself that nothing in ·the directions · requil·eB the Governor to act
'in any manp.er ·inconsistent' with Q.riy Instrument of Instructions· issued to t.he
"Governor by His Majesty. · , . · ' .
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55. A<foooate-Gene1·a,'t; for Province.-(1) The Governor of ·.each· Provime
shall. appoin.t a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a judge of a
'High Court, to be· Advocate-General Jor the Province. · ·
(2) It shall be: the duty of the Advocate-General 'to give advice to the
: Provincial Government upon such legal matters, . 'ai1d to perform .such . other
duties of a legal· character, as may fr0m time to time be ref.erred or assigned
·tp him by the Governor.
· (3) The Advocate-General shall. hold office clurin~ the pleasure of the"
"·Gov1;irilor, and shall receive such remuneration as the Governor inav. deter~
.riine. · · · · . · . .
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· (4) In. exerdsing his powers with respect to. tho 11ppoiptmont und diBmissn1
"·of tlw Advocate·G:e~eral and ~·ith respect to the determination' of his remunera~
'tion, tho Governor shall exercise his individual judgment. · '
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~ '56. P1'ovfaions ·as· to poiic'e-rules.-WMre it is pr~po'sed that· th"\3 . Goyemdr
«of a Province should by virtue of a.iiy powers vested . in hi:m ~ake Of . amen{!; . '
"'°·r approve the making or ·amendment bf, any . rules, · regulations .or . orderi:i ·
,r.elating to any police force,. whether' civil 'or militat1f. hf} fllhalt exercise his
h1divid1.ial judgment with respect to the proposal, unless, it appears t.o hini.'that
<.the propcisal dcies not relate to or affect•. the organisation or :discipl.ine of that'
.force. · I · . . .. . . ' .
, 51. Ptovisions as to ci'ime« of violence. intend.ed to 011e1·throw .Government.
{!) If it appears to tpe Governor of a Prci:Vince that ... the peace or trai;iq~1i1Iity
-0f the Province is endangere~ by the opexations of, any persons committing;
'-Ot con~p~ring, prepai;ing· or ,attemp_ting to co:rni:pit, crimes o'f violence. Vi'hich, in
,the opm1on of the l Gov:ernor, are mtended to _o'terthrow 'the" govf3rhment as. by
;law established, the Governor' may, if he thinks that the circU:mstances Of the
· -Case require him so to do :for the. purpose of combating those operations, direct
that hhr functions shall, 'to. such extent .as may bEl specified in the dirt?ction, be
exercised by him in his discretion and, until' ot,her;vise provided by· a ,silbse
,quent direction of the Governor, those flmctions shall to . that extent be .
' .txero,ised by J1im accord1ngly. · . . . . . . . . · . '
. (2) While aiJy ; such· direction· is in force,· the Governor rr;iay· authorise an
-0flfoial · tq speak h1 and otherwise take part. in 'the proceediJ1gs of the Legislatur.f};
an.d any official so authiirised may speak a)ld take· part il.c~ordh1gly'. in. the
. · ];lroceedings of the Cha1nber or Ohambera of the Legislature, any j,oint sitting ·qf
·
~he Chambers, and aµy c.ommittee of
the · Legislatur,e of which he may be
named a member by the Governor, but shall not be entitled to v.ote. . , .··
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he fonctiona of the Goverriocundet this sec,tion shall be exercised by. ·
iliim
in
his discretion. ' .·. . · . · . ,,.
(4) Not!;ing iii' this section affects the special responsibility of the Governor I
for the pr~vel;ltion of any grave menace to the: peace or <tranquillity of the
~rovince or a11.y part thereDf. · ' ·
... · 58. Sou1'<;~a of c.er.tal.n informa~ion not to ~e dis_closed.-The Governor in his
'.,discretion .shall make· rules for securing that no records or infon:i:1ation nilatin,g .,.
. • tO' thti sour~es . from _which , information · .. h.as. been or ma;y. br, obtainep. with
.respect to the operations of persons conumtting, or conspmng, pre:parmg; or
.. atte1hpting .to com1i1it, such crimes as are mei:itioried · in the,l_ast preceding
:srn::tfon, .shaU be disclosed,· or given-':' · . · · . · . ·
(a) by any member of a~y police force in the Province to another member
, •of ~hat force except in accordapce wihh .directions of the Inspector-General· of
1'olice Ol'' Com1':nissioner of Police, as the ca1:1e may, be, or to any other p13rsou
()Xcept i:n accordance with directions of the Governor in 'his d.l:Scretion; or
. ( b) by any . other , person in the service, o~ the Crown in the Province to
~my per®n except in accordance with directions •of t.he Govenior in· his discre-
~nn. . .
59. Oondiwt of business of Provincial Goue1'1~1nenl.~(l) All executive action
·of the Govemrnent of a Province shall be ·expiessecl to be taken in the name
·of the Governor. . , ·
(2) Orders .and other·. instrume1~ts inacle and executed in the name. ·of. the
'GoverI;J.or ·shall be authenticated in. suciJ.1 · manner as niay be specified in rules
. <to be made by the Goveri10r,. and the vali{lity of an order or h1strument. which.
is so authenticated shall not be called. in. question on the ground that it· i8
'not art order or instrument made or executed hv the Governor. · ·
. (3) rhe Govel.·nor shall make rules fo1• the i'.nore convenient' transaction of
~· ·bhe busilNSS of. the Provincif1l Government,' and for the allo<:iatiori ' among
. ministers of the said business in so. far. as it' is not business >vith respect t-0
. which the Gove:i;n6r is by or under this· Act required to· a:ct in bis discretiqn.
(4) The i·ules shall ' inelu'de 'provisiOJ1FI ;:~quiring ministers ' and secretaries
· to Governn'lent to transmit· to the Governor all such information with'· respeGt
ito
the .business of th~1 Provincial Government as
may be specified in the. rules;
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or as the .<J:overnor .~ay 'otherwise reqliire to be so transmitted, il.~d in part'
cul.~r requmng ·a mni1ster to bring 'to .. the · notice or· the Governor, · and· e
. appropriate 1mci·etary 'to brh1g to, t.l-te i1otice. of the minister cq:ftcerned and
the ~o'(e,rnor, any matt'er under consideration by· him which involves, 01: a,ppe
to hnn likely to involve; any· speCial responsibility of the Governor.
·· . : (5) Ir: the discharge of his fu_nctions under sub-sections (2), (3) and (4)
this section the Gpvernor shall act in ·his discretion after consultation with
his ministers. ' . ·
CllAP'.l'EI~ III.-THE PnovrncIAL .LEGISLATURE.
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. General.
60~ Gonstit·ulion of Prov.inciaLLsgisll{tm:es.~(l) There shall for every l>ro-
vince be a Provincial Legislature which shall ·consist of ·Hii;> Majesty, represent-ed,
by the Governor, and · . . . · . . ·
(a) in the Provinces of Madras, Bombay
1 ·Bengal, the United
Bihar. and ,;\ssam, two Cha1nbers; ·
. (b) in _other Provinces, .one. Chambe1'.. . . . .. . .
(2) When~ there are 'two Chambers· of _i Provincial Legfalature, tj:iey ·shall
be known respecti~ely as the Legislative Go'uncil ~nd .the J;..e~islative Assembly,
and wh~re tiiere rs only orie Chamber,· the Chambei· . shall be ;known a.s the7
lfogislative Assembly. · ... . · , . · . ·. · . . ·
61. Oo~po8ition ~of Chambers of Provinciai Legi8latu·res;""-(1) ~he ..
_ .. · tion 'of the Chamber· oi· Gha.mbers of the Legislature· of a Province sha.11,be •·
sri.'.:h as is specifi~d in relation to that Provi.nce in t?e Fifth Sched11fo to ~his Act.
~ (2) Every Legislative As,sembly of ·every Pr<;>vmce, unle~s sooner dj.~solyed.,
shall continue fo'l· five yearsl fron;i. the date appmnt(?,d for their first meeting and
· no longer, arid the e.xpiration of. the .said period of five years shall operate as,
a dissolutio.-1 of the Assembly. . . . . . .
· · (3) ·Every Legislative .· Council shall· be a permanent body not subject fo-. ·.·
dissolution, but as near as may he one-third of the members thereof t>hall
retire in every third .year in accordance with the ,.provision· 1n that bl}hal£ made
in relation to the Province under 'the said Fifth Schedule. · · · ; · ·
62;, Sessions of the Legislature, ·. pro.rogation d:nd dissolution.~(1) . 'l'he: .
Chambel} .or
Chinnbers
of each Provincial Legislature shall be sumii10ned to.
meet once ap lel.l.st in every yeai and. twel,ve months shall not intervene between.
their la<Jt sitting 'jn one session and the date~ appointed for ,the.ir, first sitting fo,
, the next session. · ·
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{2) Subject
to the provisions of this. •section, the Gqve:rnor may
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.in his di:s-·
cretion from time .·to time-· · · · ""' · ~
(a) sumrn'.on the Chambers or either Chamber to meet at .such time
plac-3 as·he thinks fit; · ·
(b) prorogue the Chamber or Chambets;
, ( c )-dissolve the Legislative Assembly. " .
(3) The. Cham.her or Chanibers shall be summoHed fo. meet :for the fii'st
session of the Legislature on a day not later than six. months after the corp.-
mencemen t' of this Part or this Act. · . .
. 63. Right of Governpi· to address, and send messages to Ohambers;-(l) 'rlu~·
Governor may in J,iis dism 1~tio11 addr~ss the Legislative Assem'bly or; in the
case of a ·Province having a· Legislative Council, either Chamber of the :Pro
vincfo.1
Legislature
or. both Chambers assembled together, and may for that
purpol:!e require the attendapce of members. · · · ·. · .·
· (2) The Governor may in his discretion send messages to the Chamber or
Ch:'tmb.ers of the Provincial Legislature, whether with respect to a Bill then
pendin,; in the I,egislature or otherwifie, and a, Chamber to whom any message
is ·so sent shall ,with all convenien~ dispatch consider any mattei· which they
are ;equired by the message 'to take into consideration. . . · . ,
·· 64. Rights of ministers and Aclvocate-Gent:ra.l as respects Chambers.'-Evei·y
ministei~ and the Advocate-General shall have the right to speak ~11, and othe1;-
. . . . .
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For temporary e;ictonsion .of this ,poriod, see .Jnuia and Bl)'.rma ·(Pcsfpor.en:lent o:f
. Elect-ions) Act, 11'41 (4 & fl.Geo .. 6, (lh. 44). . ·
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. [26 GEo: 5 & 1 Enw. ~q .. G~~e~~ent of Jt~~i,il ~c't, '19lJf);' . ·· .· .. · · .. '[9n .. 2.t
1 wise take part in ,the p~oceedjn~s. of, the ~egis~~tive Ass~µibly. of the Provmce ..
. ()r, in the ease'. pf a. Provine~ 4aVlllg a :i;,egiSl!j-tlVe ~ounc1l; pot~ qham,_Qer.s and.
any joirlt sitting o£ the Chamber~, and ~o B'Beak _iu; and other_w1ae take_ part.
in. the proc:eedings of, any committe~ of' the f:eg1sl~~ute of wh~ch he mfl-y be
,:qamed a me.mber, but. shall not, by-;vll'tu~ oft.~1s. sect10.n.' be;ent1tled ,to yote. .
. 65. Officer!! of. Gh.amber8.-{1) Evei;y .· Provmc!al -,Legi~lativ~ Assembly .£?hall
as soon ·as may be, choose two members of. the• A~sembly to be respectIVely.
Sp¢akei·. and Deputy· Speaker, thereof and
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so oJten as ·the office_ ?f Spea)rer or
Deputy Speaker becomes vi:i.cant,-the Assembly shall ~hoose another member
to, be· Speaker or Deputy ,Speaker., al:! ·the case rna.y be. . . . , .. ;
··. (2) . A member holding office as Spea~er or Deputy Speaker of an . Assembly'
. shall vacate his office i:f he ceases :to be a membel:' of the .Assembly, may at _
any tirue resign }iis ·Office by writing under liis hand; addressed to £he overnor,
and may be removed from his office by a resolui[~o:r_i of the Assembly .passed
b~ a rnajority of all the. then members of the 4,ssembly; but no resolution :for
th.e purpose of~ this subs.:iction shall be moved unless at le~st fourteen days'
notice has bee]]. given of the iritenti9n to mo.ve the resoh;itibn : . .
Provid£::.l. that, whenever the Assembly is dissolved, the Spea~er shall not
vacatJ his office'.untiLimm'ediatelY. before the first mee~irig oi the Assembly after
the dissolution. · . ·
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(3) \-\ihile tb:e office of Speake:r is: vacant, the duties. 9f the office shall be
pe'rformed by the Deputy Speaker or, . if the office of ;Deputy Sveaker is i:Lhm
vacant, by such mem~er of the Assembly as the Governor may in his dis-'.
cretion appoint for -the purpose; .and during any absence .of tthe. Speaker £roin
au y sitting of the Assembly the Deputy ·Speaker or,. if he is ·also absent, such.
persmi M may be determined by the rules of procedure of .the Assembly, or,.
. if· no !.;uc:1 person is present, such other person·· as may· be determined·. by the . ·
·Assembly; i;.hall act as Speaker.· ,, · . . ' .. · ·. . . . .
(4) Ther.:i _shall be· p,aid to the . Sipeaker and .the Deputy Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly si'.ich salaries a 8 :rpay be respectively fixed by Act of. the
Provincial Legislature and, until provision in that behalf is so · made, such
salai:iea as th.e (lovemor may deteill?hrn. · .. / · . . .· .
(5) fo the case of a Province having a Legislative Council, :frhE:i foregoing
provision~ of this section [other than. the, proviso to subsection (2) .thereof} shall
apply in .relation to the Legislative Council as bhey apply' 'in relation to the ,
l.egislative Assembly, with the · i;iubstitution of the . titles "Tu:esident" ·· arid -
"Deputy President" for the titles "8'peaker" and "Deputy Speaker_" respec
thely, and with the substitution of references to the Council .lor references to .
th_e .At~sembly. . , , . · . · ... · ,,
66. Vo_ting i.n Gha.mber8, power of Ohamber8 to a.ct notwithstanding
raoan'cfo3
a'nr.l guorum.-(1) Save !ls
'in 'this Act otherwise-expressly provided,
all questionH in a Chamber, or a joint .'sittipg of two Chambers; of a P1;0-Vincial .
Legislature shall be. determined lny a majority of votes of the merribers present
/and voting, other than the Speaker or President, or person acting as such. ·
The Speaker or President, or person acting as such, shall not vote in tJ:ie
first instance, but· shall have and exercis~ a casting. vote in the case of an
equality bf votes. . . "' . .
(2) A, Chamber of a Provincial Legislature shal,l have power to act riotwith
sta}fding any vacancy in the membershirp thereof, ana ariy proceedings in a.
Provincial I,e~islature shall be valid notwithstanding that it is qiscovered sub
sequently that some person who. was not entitled so to do, sat or voted or
otl;erwi1'!e t0oh part. in the proceedings. . -. . . · , ...
. (3) If at ai;iy time during a meeting of a· Pr9vihcial :1:,egislative Assembly
less than one-sixth. of the total number of members of the Chamber are present,
or if at an~time during a meeting o~ a Provincial Legislative. Council l.ess than
ten members are present, it sh!lU be the duty of the Speaker or President or
person acting. as su~h either to attjourn ,tbe·Chamber, or to suspend the mee~ing
un.til at least on.e-s1xth. of the members; or, as the case may be, at least ten
member;:;, are present;. .
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. ,Pfovisioii.!I as jp Membeirs of LfJgis}q,tures. . · · :, ·. ' ·
· ,. ·' 1)7. Oath of ~ember8 • .,......Every member of a .Provincial LegiSlative Assembly
_,rt., ·,)
'.'[On.~:]
' or .Legislative Council' shall, before taki~g his 1>eat,. malte and· subscribe before·'
the Govem0r, or so:me person: appoint.e9-by. himi an oiith according· t9 .that one
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·-of" th'3 fcii:.fris
set out in the Fourth· Schedule to this Act which the membe'.!,1:.
-. accepts as ti.ppropriate in. his case. ' . \. . • . . . J
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9It V~ea~ion of .aeah.;--(1) No person' shall be a..., member of b~t~ Ch~Ir\be~~
of a Provmcial ·Leg1sla~ure and rules .mi"-de by the (jovern01
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~xermsmgh1s mdt·
vidual judgment. shall vide for 'the vfl,cation j by a person who is chosen a
member of both Cham of hi& seat in one Chamber or the other .
. · (2) No person shall be a member both of t~e ·Federal Legislature and of a "
P:rovincial LegislatQ.re and if a person· is chosen a member both of the Federal .
Legislature and of a Provfucial Legisfature, then, ~t the expiration of sueh
period as may be . specified · in rules made. by . the Governor of the Province
exercising hh; individual judgment, that .person's seat in the Provincial Leg:is·
,, lature shall bec<;>me vacant, unless' he has-•pr~viously resigned >his seat in._ the
Federal Legislature. .
(3) H a membe~· 0£ a Chamber-:- ·.
(a) becom"l:'ls subject to an>y of the disq-y.alifica:tions mentioned in .sub-section
'(1) of th-3 next succeeding section; or ..
(bf.by. writing under his hand addressed to ~he GoverQor resigns his seat.
his seat shall ·thereupon become vacant. -. · . . · . ·
(4) If for sixty days a. member of ~ Chamber .is without permission lJJf the ·
. -Chamber
absent
:from all meetings t~ereof' the Chamber may declare his sea,t
vacant:
Provided that in. cc:i;npi:tin~ t~e said period of :sixty days -no a~coui:t.- shall
be taken. o:f .any period durmg which. the Ohambe1· is ~rorogyed, or is adJourned
for 1nore tba.n four consecutive days: · . · · . · ..
69 .. DisquqUffoatidns for mem.be1·ship.-(l) A person £;hall·. be Q.isqpalified for . ·.
being chosen as, ~nd for being, .a rdemb13r of a Provincial Legislative Asse:mbly ' ..
<0r Legislat.ivc Council- · ·
(a). if he holds any office of profit under the Crown. in India, other than an. '
· ·office declb.red. by. Act of the Provincial· Legislature not ti)) disqualify .its holder;
(b) if he is of unsound mind an.9-stands· so declared by a competent court;
(c) if' he is an undischarged insolvent; ... · . · · .
(d) H, whetl!er before or after the .commencement of this .Part of this Act, he
has been convi.cted or has, ih proceed!ngs for questioning the validity or regularity·
.of an election, been found to have been guilty, of any offence or corrtlpt or illegal
practice relating to elections which h,as been declared by Order' in Council, . or
by au Act. of the Provinci:al Legislature, to be an offence or practice. entailing
disqualificat.fon for membership of the Legislature, uriless such period has elapsed
as may be specified in' that beha,lf in the provisions o:f that Ordei· .01• Act;
(e) if, whether before·or after the commencement of this Part of.this Acii,
'.he has been convicted of any other offence by a court il) Briti~h India or in
a State which is a Federated State and sentenced to transportation or to im-. ·
prisonment for not. ·less than two years, unless a period of fiye years, or s~ch.
less period as the Governor, acting' in his discretion, may ~llo'w in any parti-'
cubr case, bas elapsed. since his release; · '
(/? it: ha:vfo.g /been nominated as a candidate for the Fede'riil or any. Pro-. '
vinchil Legislature or· having acted: as an election agent of any person so nomi-.
natecl, ht> has. failed· to lodge a return o:f election expenses· within the, time and
in the, mariner required by a.ny Order in Council made under this Act or by
any Act of the Federal or .the Provincial Legislature.· unless five years have
elapsed frcm the· date b:v whic4. tl1e return oug;ht to have been lodged or the. .
Governor,
ncting
in his discretion; has removed the disqualification:
Provided that a disqualifi~atiori under para~ph · (f) of this sub-section shitll
not take d'feCJt until the exipiration of one montl). from. the· date by which the
. Teturn ou~ht to have, been lodged or of such longer peYiod as the, Govemo~ .
. .-noting in hii:, discretion, may in any particular case· allow. · ' $
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(2) A person shall-n~t be' capable .of bei1:1g chos~n, a member of a C~~mb£1r
-0f a lJrovincial Legisla~lire while he, is servmg a , sentence of transportation or .
·Of imprisonment' for a criminal offei;ice~ _ , , _ . . . . . . . "' _
, (3) Where a person ,who; l;iy<-v:irtue of a conviction or a con,;ru;1tion and a
, se
1rc;ence, beco:mes disqualifiea by virtl,le of paragral?h (d)_ or p~rag~~ph (e) of sub-,
section (1) of this section ~s at the 4~te of th~ drn9-uali?-catio,n a· mymbei: o~ a
·Chamber his -seat shall, notwithstanding anything .Ill this or..;the last precedmg
· section, ::iot become yacant '.by re~son ·of. the .. d~squalification until three months
have elapsPU ,;from the d:l(te ther~of or,· if within t~ose · t~re~ months an appeal
·.'or petitipn fo~ retj_sion
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is bro_ugh~ in res_pect of the. convic~10i'.i :or the . sentien?e,
until that appeal or petition is d1spo1?ed of, but_ durmg any pen~d durmg whieb.:
his membership is preserved by this sub-section, be shall not sit or vote. . · ·
> (4) For tn':'l pm;poses of this sectfon ~ person shall net be deem~d to h?l~ !:ln .
9ffice-of.
Jn"Ofit
under, the Crown .in India by reason only -.that ~e !s a mmister
tJithor for the F,ederation or for a Provinee: •. , . · .
' ' ·1_0. Pen,r]t'!f to~ Bitting and voting when not 4u~li~ed, ·01· _i~he.fi, -di8qu~.lified.~ ..
If a person Sits qr votes as a -member of a Provuiqial Legislatwe Assem~ly Of ·
Legislative. Council when he .is not qualified ot is disqualifie(l for. meinb~rship ,
.thereof; or when he is prohibited from so doing by the· pr.ovisions of ,sU:b'-secti.on
{3)
0£ the
last preceding section, he shall be liable 'in r·esp.ect of each day on
w,hich he so sits or votes to a penalty' of 'five hundred ruP,ees to. b'El re~overed
as a debt due to the Province. - . -. -. ,
71~ Privileges, etc;, of men~bers.-(1} Subject to the proyisions 'of·this A.ct
-::md to· tU:Jei:: and standing orders regulating tpe procedure of .the Legislature,
there ~shall be freedom of speech in every Provincial Legisl::J;ture, and no member
--of the Legislature shall be liable to- a,.ny proceedi'ngs in any court in respect 'of
-. .anything said or any vote given hy-him in/the· Legislature or any committe¢:
-thereof, ~nd no person shali be so liable in· respect ·of the publication by or .
Under 'the authority of a Chamber of such a Legislature ()f any report,. 'Pa.per,
_votes or proceedings. -- - - - • . . - \.
, (2) Ii;i other respects the priv:ileges of members of a Cha~ber of a Provincial _
LegisJatnro shaH be :;;uch ·as may-from time to time . be defined by Act of the
Provincial Legislature, and, until so define(!., shall be such as were immediately
'-before the commencern,ent of this Part of this A!ct enjoyed by members of the
·Legislative Council 'of the Province.
· _ (H) Notbine-in any existing Indian law, a,nd~ :notwithstanding an;y-thing in
the .foregoing provisions_ of this section, nothing in this Act, shall be construed as ·
, -conferring.
·or empowe:i;ing
any Legislature to confer,on a Chamber th~~eof or.
--on both Chambers sitting together or any comn:iittee_ or officei· of the :Legislature,
.the
status
of -a court, oi·. any punitive or dfaciplinary powers -other 'than the
:power to remove or exclude persons infringing the rules or standing 01'ders, 'or
-otherwise
behaving in a disorderly manner.
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(4). Prpvision may be :made by an Act of the Pro;viI).cial Legisfa.tme for the
1pui1ishmeut, on conviction before a court, of persons who' refuse to give .evide,nce
-m produce documents before, a committee of a Chamber when duly required ·by
the chairman of a committee so to do : . - . -- ·. - ·
Provided that any such Act shall have effect subject to such ruies
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for tecru
lating the attendance before such commit'tees of persons who are, or have be~n,
in the' service of the Crowri in I:;i4ia, and safegua_fding-confidential. matte1; from
-<lisClosu-re, as may be made by the. Governor exercising his individual ]l1dgment.
, , i5) The provisions of sub-sections (l)' and (2) of this section s.hall apply in
· relation to persons who by virtu13 of this Act have the riaht to speak in and
otherwiso tr.ke _part in the procee_dirigs of a. Chamber as t.b"'ey apply iu !·elation
-to
me1riben
of the. Legislature. · . , ·
. 72. SalarieB and allowances of m.em.'bers.-Members qf Prqvinciai Legielative
Assembli~s and Legfalatrive Councils shall be entitled to receive such salarie8
· and nllowar:ices as may from time to time be determined by Act of the Provincia:i
Legislature, and until ·provision in that respect' is so made, a110wances at ·sucli
iates and updr;t such conditiol;ls as -were immediately before the commencement -
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',..of this Part of this. A,ct applio~ble in the case· of me~bers of the Legisl~tiv.
· Council. of the Province. -
-'~ · Le.gistq.tfoe Prooeq,ure.
73. Jntroduotion of Bilis, eto.-...,:,(1) ~ubje~t to th~ special P~~vision~ . .
''.Part of this'' Aot with respect to hnanmal Bills, . a Bill-may ongmate m 1 ~ith
Chamber of the Legislature of a Pr6vino.e whicl?: has 'a. Legislative Counml. .·
. (2) A.~iH pen9.i'ng in the Legislayure of a Province shall :iotJapse by reas
··of the prorogation of the Cha:i;nbe~ or Cham hers thereof. .~ . . ..
· (3) A. Bill pending in the Legisll:!,tive Council of a Province. ·w:rt1c~· has no
.. . been passe·l by the Legislative Asserp.bly "Shall not lapse on. a d1ssolut10n of th
Assembly. . · .
(4) A Bill which ii'! pendiil.g in the Legislative Assembly o~ a .Province,. .O'f:
which having been .pa&se.d by the Legislative Assembly ~s pendmg m the ;Leg1s-
.fative .Co:mcil, sha:ll lapse on a. dissolution of th~ ~sembly. .. · : .
' '14. Passing of Bills m Provinces lw.ving Legu;lative C~mnoils.-,(1) SubJec
to ·the provisions of. this section, a Bill shall n?t be deemfld to have' bee
passed by the Chambers of the Legislature of a Provine(') having a Legisiativ,
Council, unless
it·
has .been a~e.ed Jo. by both Chambers; e.ither ·without amend
tmen~·or with such. ament:lm~nts only as are agreed :po by both Chambers; · .. ·
(2) If .a Bill. which has. been passed. by the Legislative Assembly and trans ·
niitted. to t,he Legi$latiVe OounciHa not, 'before the' expiration of twelve month·
from its reception by tlie Council, presented to the Go.vernor for · his assent,t
the , Governot may su:tiimon the Chambers to meet in a joint sitting for the:
p.uri)ose of dt;}liberating and voting on the Bill: · ,· ~ . .·
· Provided that, if it appears tq the Governor that the. Bill relates to .finance
qr :affects the discharge of any of his. special responsibilities, he may summon
the:Uharnbers to meet in, a joint sitting. for the purpose aforesaid; notwithstand~
ing that the said period. of twelve months has not· elapsed. ,... · . ·
The ~unctions o.f the Gove~nor under the proviso to this sub-section shall
exercised by him in his discretion. · · . · . · . · . · ·
· (B) 1£ at a joint, sitting of the two Chambers summoned in. accordance wi
the provisions o:f this section the Bill, with such amendri:i.entti, if any, as
agreed to in joint sitting; is passed by a majority of the total nunibE!r of
bers of .both Chambers present and voting, it shi}.11 be deemed for the purpos,e8'
of this Act to· pave beeri passed by both Chambers: .
Provided that at a . joint sit.ting~ .
:(a) uhless .the Bill has been passed by the Legislative Council with aniend.
men ts and returned. to the Legislative Assembly, 110 an:iendil,lent, shall be pr
·posed ·to the Bill other than such amend;mentsi if any, as are made necessa
by the delay hr the ;pasJ:iage of the Bill; . . · . . · ,
(b) .if the Bill has been .so passed and returned by the Legislative Coun ·
only such amendments as aforesaid shall be proposed to the Bill ai;id such ot
a.mendmentS as are relevant to the matters with respect to which the Cham
have not agreed, and the decision of the .person presiding ,as to the amend
ments which' are admissible under this sub~section- shall be final. · . ·
· 75. Assent to Bills.-A Bill which h'as been passed by the .Provincial Legis
Iative Assembly or, in tqe case of a Province having a Legislative Council, .ha:
.: bt')~"l passed by both Chambers of the Provincial Legislature, shall be presente
to the Govf:lrnor, and the Governor in his discretion shall declare either that h
a2serits iri His Majesty's name. to the Bill', or that he withholds asse11t there
fro!n, or that he reserves tlie Bill for-the conaideration of the Govertior-Ge.neral
. ' . Provided t.hat . the G?vernor nrny in his discretion return the Bill togethe
'w~th a message requestmg that the Chamber or Chambers will reconsider th
£ill or any specified provisions tJ:i~reof . and, in particular · will conside~ th
. ·desirability of introducii;.g ;iny such amendments as he may '.recofumend in hi
-~essa.ge ~and,. :v.hen a Bill is so returned, the Ch~mber or Chambers· shall reco ·
-·-sider it. accordmgly.
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· :1e; Bills reserved for. oonsideration,_:.(1) Wliep a :BilI is. :i:eseryed by a.·
-Oovernor for the . consideration of Jhe .Goverr.or-Genera~, the Qi;ivernor-General
·shall il1 his discretion declare; either that he assents in His Majesty's name :
~ the Bill, or j;hat he withholds assent therefrom, or that he. reserves the Bill
for the significa~on of His Majesty's pleasure thereon: . · .
Provided
that
the GoveIT).o~-G~neraI may, # he hi his discretion thinks :fit,
··direct the Governor to retfun the Bill to the Chamber, or, as the case may be,
the Chambers, of the Provincial Legislature t~ether wi'th .such a message as · ·
is· ment.ioned in .the proviso ·to ·the last prooedh;1g section and, when a• Bill. is
so returned, the Chamber or Chamber$ shall reconsider it accordingly and., if it
is again passed by them. with or without ameridinent, it shall be. presented
again 0 the Governor-General for his consideration. .. . / . . ·
. (2) A Bill reserved -for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure sha,ll not~
be(lome a11 Act of the Provincial Legislature .unless aQcl · untii, within twelve ·
months from the day on which it was ~rel3en,ted to the Governor; 'the .<!overnor
· makes known by'publi\:l notification that His Majesty has assented t.hereto. · ·
77. Power of Orown ~iJ disallow Acts;--,Any Act assented to by the (}ovemor
or· the Governor-General hiay he disallowed by Hi!> Majesty within twelve
,¢.ont,hs .from the date of the assent, and whel'.:e any Act·.is SQ disalldwed the
· Governor shall forthwith make the disa1lowanc& known by public · notHicatioii
and as from the. date '.0f the notification. the Act .shall become voia.
P.rocedure !in financial mat,ters.
78. Annual finan,.cial statepient.-:(1). The Governor ~liall iii respeGt of eve,ry
.fu1ancial
year
cause to be laid beforE;l the Chamber or Chanibe:i:s of the LE'.g1a
latuie-a statement of .the estimated receipts and expenditure of the ProV:tnce
for that ,year, i:µ this ~al-t l!lf this Aet referred to as the "annual :financial
sta.tement/ '. . . , . . . . . · ,
.(2) The es:tllnates of expenditure embO.died'in the annual :finJ:1.nci~l statelll.ent
. shall show separately~ . . . . . . . . :
ta) the sums re,quired to meet expenditure descr!bed by this Act as _expendi-·
turi:1 charged upon the revenues of the Prov~nce; and . . . .
, . (b) · the stims required to meet other expenditure proposed to be lillade ·from
.the revenueEJ of phe Province, , . . , .•· . . . · · · "
.and.
shall
distinguish e,xpenditure on revenue accoun.t :from other expenditure,
.and indicate the sum$, if any, which are incll}ded solely .because the Governor
has directed their inclusion as beirig necessacy for the due disqharge ·of· any of
J;lis special responsibilities. . . · . ·.. · · ·
(3) Tha .follo,ving expen(littire shall be expenditure . charged' on the revenue,
of each Province,.,.;.... · . · · · . ·
. (a). the salary and allowances of the Governor and other expenditure relating
to bis ofilce fo:i; which
1provision is required to be made by Order in Council; .
. · ·. (b) de.\Jt charges f01; which·t,he Provi~ce is liable, including interest, s~king
jund charges~ and redemption charges, and othel'. expenditur~ relating to the
raising of loans and the service and redemption of debt; ·• . . . ·
(c) the. salaries and ·allowances of ministers', an:d of the A<l'V°ocate-General:
(d) expep.diture in respect of. the salaries and allowances of judges of any
High Court; · , ' · · ·
(e) expenditure connecteJ. with the administration of any a~as which are
:for the tiffie being excluded areas;, · · .
(f) .a,ny sup1s required to satisfY, any judgment, decree or award of any court
'()r arb1tral tnbunal; . . . . · . .· ·
(g) any other expenditure declared by this Acli ·or· any_ Act of the· Provinciai
Legislature"to be so charged. . · . . · · . "'
(4) Any question whether any proposed expenditure falls within a class· of
expenditure charged on the i,·evenues of the Province shall be decided ·by the
·Governor in his· di.scretion.
79. Procedure in LegiBlatv:re with respeo·~ 'to eBt.imates . ...,,.(1) So much of
ihe estimates· of ·expenditure as relates ' to expenditure charged upon the
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reveilt1L•S of a P>.•ov~noe. sha~ not be s?bmitted to the. vote: of the ,Leg,islativ;~
Assembly; but nothmg m this sub-section shall he• oonstr.ue.d as preven~mg tba·
discussion in th~ Legislature ,of those estimates,. other tharu estimates relat.ing
to expenditure referred' to i;n paragraph ~a) of sub-seotioli (3) .·of 'the. last prec.ed::.)
ing section. . , · . . · . · · . . · · .
. (2) So much.of tb:e said estiin,ates as relates to other expf?µditure shall b& ·.·
submittE;id7 in the 'foi.m of demands.tor grants, to the Legislative Assembly, .an.d
the J,egislative Assembly shall 9,ave power to asseIJ.t, ·or to· refuse to assent,·'
to any demand, or to as~ent to a demand subject' to a reduction of the amoui1~ :
· specified thereini. . . · · .
(3) No demand for a grant shall be'mad.e except Ob, the reco:rnrriendation ,ot ;
th~ Governor. · . · · , · , · · . · · .
SO •. A uthentica.tioi~. of. sohedµle 'of authorisiul e::i:peniliture:_:_(l) The .Gover-
nor shall authenticate by his si.griature a ·schedule specifying~· · , . · ·
. ('fl) the gran~s m;1de by the Assembly un.der the last pr.€lceding section; . . .. .
(b) t.he several sums required to meet the· expenditure, charged on the reve-'
nues bf the Province but not exceeding, in the cas.e .ot any sum, _the su~n
shown. in the statement :previously laid· b~fore .. ~he Cham~er ·or.• Cpambers:
Provided that, if the Assembly have refused to assent to .any demand i'.or
a grant or have assented to .such .a demand. subject. to a ·reductien .. of the.· .
.. amount specified therein, th_e Governor may, if. in his opinion t.he refusal o:r
reducti.on w)uld affect the due discharge of any of his special responsibilities,. .
~nclude in the schedule· such 9,dd!tional !J,rnOunt, i£ any, not exceeding l<he
amount of t;he. rejected demand or the r~duction, as the case may be,, . as
appears to. him necessary hi order to' enable him to' discharge that.responsibility.
(2) The schequle so authenticated shall be laid before the Assei:nbly hut
shall not be open . to discussion or. vote in the Le~slature.. " · · . . . . . . .
. {3) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section; no expenditure .
· frqm the rev:eriues of the Proviirce shall be deemed to be duly authorised unles.:1, ·
it· fas specified in ~he schedule so . authenticated. · · ·· . , · .· ' · · , ·· ,,· ·
81. Supplementa'l'y 1:1tatements' of ercpenditute.~ in respect of any financial'•·
year.
further
expenditure frqm .the .revenues 0£.,the Province becomes ll'ecessary
.. over and above tlfe. expenditure theretofore authoriseq for, that year, the Goveri!Ol'· ..
shall• c1,1.use to })e laid before the Chamber or Chambers a supplementary state~ ..
· ment' showing the estimated amount of that expendifrure, and the pi·ovisions
or the preceding Seel.ions shall havt;1 effeet in relation t9 that statement SJ..'d ..
that expenditure i;ts {;hey have effect in relatfo1i to the tmnual financial. st;atc
ment and the expenditure inentioned therein. . · · ·
82. Spoc.ial pro"Visioni a11 to fhwncia.t B_ilhi.-(11 ,A Bill or amendment ~nak-
ing-provisio11-:-: . · ". ,,
(a) :for imposing or increasing any tax; or.
( b )-for regulating the borrowing of money or the gmng of any guarantee·
by the' Prlwince, or fal', amending the law with respect· to', any finapcial · ohliga· '
tions undertaken.
0r
.to be midertaken .PY the Province'; or ·
(o) for decfar~ng any expenditure to be expe:pditure charged on tife revenues-. '
of tho Prov!n'<le,. or .for· increasing the amount. of any .such. expenditure, .. · ..
"'hall not be introduced or moved e;.cept on the recomroend.ation of the Gov'er,
nor, and.· a' Bill making such provision shall not be introd1,.1ced in a J,egislative
Council. " · ·
c • " • • · · ·
(2) A Bill or a,meudnie~1t shall not bl:,, deemeCl to make provision for any ot,
the purposes aforesaid by n'lason on~y 'that it provides for the imposition of
fines o.r other pecuniary penalties or for the· demand and paym13nt of foes.
for licences
o:i.· :fees for services 1'end~red. · · · , ·
. ·
.·· (S) A Bil~ whfoh, . if . enacted and . hrought into., operation, would involve
.exnenditure from ~he revenues of a ProVince shall not be passed by a Chamber
of the Legislature unless the. GovernOJt ha!'l recommended. to ,~hat Chamber·
. {<he cons~deration
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of the. Bill.
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83 •. Provislbns witIJ refJpect ·to certain educational1 grants.-(1) If hi th~ laaf.
· complete financ~aL year before ·the commencement of this Part of this Act ' a
grant for the benefit of the Anglo-Indian and European comiiiunities or either ·
. oJ them was included. in the gra~ts made i'n any Province for educa.tion, then · '
, iu each subsequent financial 1year, not being a year in which the. Provincial.'
Legislative Asserp.bly other'Wise resolve by a majority which jncludes i;tt least'', , ·
three.-four.ths of' the members of the 'Assembly I a grant shall be :qiade' for the . f.
benefit of. the said' community or communities not less in amount than the
average of the grants made for its or their benefit in the· ten financial year&
ending on, the thirty-first day -qf March, 'njneteen hoodred and thirty~three:
Prpvided that,. if .in any financial year the total gr:i.nt for edmiaiiion in the
Province is less than the. average' of the total grants for : el\uci_';tion in thG
Province :in the said .:ten ·financial years, then,. whatever" fraction the. former.
may . be' of the latter, 'any grant madtl under, this sub·section i.n· that fin~ncl'al
. year for the benefit of. the said community '01'' communiti,es n~ed, nQt ex~o~d '.
· .. that fraction of the average of the. gra,nts made for. its or their. 'benefit 'in tlie · ·
· said teri financial . years. . . . · · . . ' . ·
In computing for the purposes of this sub-section the amount of any g~anb•,.
grants for capital purposes 'shall be included. .
(2) The provisions of this section shall cease. to have . effect in a Province·.,
if at any time the Pro~incial. Legislative Assembiy' resolve· by a majority :which
includes
at
leas.t th,ree-fourtlis of the members of ·'the Assembly that those pro-
visions shall cease to have effect. ,. '
(8) Nothing in thls section affects th~ special responsibility ot the Gove_rn.or
' of a Province for the safeguarding of the legitimate intE!rests of minorities;
, Procedure generally~
· · • 84 •. Rules of proced'l,mi.'-(l) A Chamber of ·a Proviricial Legislature . ~aY. ·
. make rules for regulatil;tg, subjeet to the provisio,ns of this ,Act, their procedure
and the .conduct of their busim~ss: . . · / · ·
Provided that, as :regards either: a Legislative Assembly oi: a Legislative
Council, the Governor shall ~n his discretion, aft~r . consultation. with t:tie t .
Speaker or, the President; as the case may be·, pit;tke rule~
. {a) for regulating .th~. procedure of, ahd the' conduct of. business in,. the
Ob.an~ber ~ relation to any matter which affects the discharge of. bis· functions
in so far as he is by or und~r this Act required to act in his discretion or to.
exercise his indivi~1lal judgment; ·. . . · · .. · ·
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( b) for securing the timt1ly comp,letion of financial bu,~iness; ·.
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(o) for prohibiting the discu.ssion. of, -or the asking of questions on, any;
matter connected with any Indian State unless the Governw in his discrt>tion
is satisfied
.that
the matter affects the iriterests of the Pro:yincial GoV"ermrient
or of a ]3ritish subject ordinarily resident in the Province, and has given hls. ·
consent· to the matter being d'iscussed, or to.the question .being asked;.
(d) for prohibiting, save With the consent of jibe Governor. in his discretion
(i) the ,discussio~ of or the asking of questions on any matter connected with
· relations between His Maijesty or the Govebor-Qeneral and any :foreign SLa.te
P
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or :nnce; or . . . : . · , . . , .
(ii) the dlscussfon; exc13pt in r,elation to estimate.a of expenditure, of; or th$
asking of questions on,, any matters connected with the tribal areas ,or arising
out of or affecting the administration of an excluded area; or · ,,
(iii) the discussion of, ,or the asking of question!: on, the personal· conduct of ·
. the ,Rul~r of any Indian State or of a niember of th'e ruling family thereof; . .
and, if and in so far .as any rule so made by the Gover.nor is inconsistent with
·:my rule made by a Chamber, the rule made by the· Govyrnor shall prevail. '
. (2) In a Province having 11 Legisll).tive C0tmcil. the G:qverhor
1 aftel' consult,
a,~ion. with tqe Sp~aker. a1;1d the President; tnay m~ke. rules as to the procedure
with respect·. to JOmt sittings of, and commumca~10ns between, the two
Cl1ambers. ·
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· The said rllles shall make such provision for the purposes speiliiieq ·in' .the
proviso to the preceding sub-section fl.a tlw. Aoveriior. iri: l:li!i discretion t' m;1y
I >th.ink fit. . ' . • ' • .
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· (3). Until rules a.re J:nade under t4.is section the rules of pr'.0cedure and'
. standingqj:ders in -force immediately before the cori:imencement of till& Par,,
of' this Ac~ with respect to. the ,Legislative. Co'uncil ·of the. ;Provinue shall hav.!'l
effect in relation to the Legislature of the P.rovinQe, subj~Qt to such 'modifica
tions and adaptationis as may be mad'e therein by the _G-overnor a.cting' in hid
discreiio.u. · , · · · · ·
(4)At -a joint sitting of two Chamber1:; the President of the Legislative
C_ouncil, or in his absence such ·p&son as may 'be detennined by rules of pro,
cedure·.made untlel'. this section, &hall preside, . . . .
·
.·
. · 85. English to be used in Provincial Legisia.tures.--'--All proceedings in tile ,
.L.egislat~re ?£ a Province shall be cond'uc.ted inr _the' English languag~: ,
.. Pro\J'.1ded ]hat the rules of procedure of. the Chamber or Chambers; and the
rules, if 'ariy, with respect ,to joint sittings:, shall provide tot enabling personi> ·
unacqua,inted, or not' sufficfoi;ttly acquainted, with the English langua,ge to u::>e.
another language.' . · . .
.
86.-.I-testriction·8 on <Jispussion . fo the LegiBrature.-(1)
No discussion shall
t~ke place in a Prqvincfal Legislailure with respect to the conduct of any judg~
o! the Federal Court or of s. '.High Court in the . discharge of hi.s duties. . . ·
In this sub-section the referenye to a High Court shall be construed :;.,s
inch).ding a reference. to a court. in· a, Feperated State which is a lligh Court
for any· of
1
the purposes of Part IX Qf this Act. · . · , . · . .
(2) If the Governor in his discretion qertifies that. the discussion of a , Bill
-introduced or proposed to be'in.trbduced in the. Provincial Legfalature, or .of any
· >specified. clause of a Bi11, qr of any amendment moved or proposed to be moy~d •
to a Bill, ;Would affect the discharge of his special ;responsibility for the pi:e-
. ventio;n of any grave menace to the peac.e or tranquillity of the Prqvince pr
~my· part thereof, he may in .his discretion direct ~hat no proceedings, or no
furthei: proceedings,·•shall be i)aken i;ni.relation to .the Bill, clause or amendment,,
.and effect shall be given to the direction .
. 81. (Jourts not t.o inquire .into' proceedings of the Legislature.-(1) The
validity of tmy prpceedings in a Provincial Legislatµre· shall nut be called . in ..
question m1 .the ground of any. alleged i.rrpgularity of procedure;· · · .
· (2). No ~fficer or ofoer member of a Provincial Legislature ~ru whom· powers
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are vested by
or under this Act for regulati~ procedure or tb:e copduct of busi
ness, or for maintaining order, in the Legislature shall be subject to the juri!I;
diction of any court.)n respect of; the exercise by him of those pow~ri:.
CHAPTER IV.-LEGISLATIVE POWERS' OF GOVERNOR.
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88. Power of Governor to prom:ulgate ordinances during recess of Llllgfrflature.
--(1) If at, any time ~hen the Legislature of a Province is not in session foe
Governor is" satisfied that cfrcumstapces exist whicl?. render it neeessary for hirn
to take immediate action, he may promulgate .such ordinance~ as the circum·
i!tances appear to him .to require : .
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[Provitled that· the ,Governor....:...; . . • .. ·
(a) shall exercise his. individual judgment ·as .resp'ects the prgmulgation of.·
· any ordinance under this section, if_:, . · . · .
~) a Bill containing the same provisions would. under. this Act have required
his or tlie· Gpvenor~General's previous sanction to the intro·duction thereof info, ,
the Legislature; or · . · . ' ·· . · · . · .
, (ii) an Act of the Provincial Legislature containing · the same provisions
would under this. Aet have been invalid unless, havin~ been reserved · for the
~onsideration of tl\e Governor-General or for the signification of His M1;1.jesty's
p,leasure, it had received the assent of the Governor-General or of .His Majesty:
and
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· · ·. (b} shaH not without· instructfons from th.~ Governor-General acting in his
-discretion', promulgate ~ny such ordfoance if~ · · . . . . . . . . ·'
. ' (i) a Bill containing the ~ame prqyi_sions .would .l!-nder th~s A'.ct !).ave ~·e<_lmred
th~ Governor-G,eneral.'s previous sanction tor the mtroduction the!i:;o,f mto the
. Legislature; or .. . · . · . . . ·.. .. . . . .:
. (ii) he' would liave deemed i.t necessary to reserve ·a Bill conta1nmg the
. :same provision•s £or thtl consideration, of the, governor-General; or . . '. · .
(iii) · an Act of the Provincial . Legi~lat:u:re conti;i~ng the san:e provision~
'would under this Act have been mvahd unless havmg been reserved for t}le
consideration of the Goyeinor~General· or !or th~ signification of Eis. Majesty's,
pleasure, it had received. the assent of the Governor-G<'.'ner;;i,l or of l:Iis Majeshy.]
(2) An ordinance promulgated un~lei· this section shall have_ the 1ame force
and effect as an Act Of the Provincial Legislature as1:1ented to oy the Governor
.· hut every such ordinance-. •. . . .. . . • .. ' . . . . ' ·.· .
. . (a) .shall pe laid l::\efOre the Provincial Legislature and shall ~.ease to op,e~ate
:at the e~piratio.n of six weeks from the- .reas~embly of the Legrnlature;. or, 1~ a
.resolution 'disapproving it fa passed by the J_,egisla~ive Assembly· and> agre~c;l to ·.·
by ,t:\ae Legislative Coun:cil, if, any, upon the Pfl.BSlllg of the reso:uban .or, aa
the case may be,' on the; i'eBolution. being agreed to by the Council; .· · . ,
· (h) shall ~be subje.ct fo the provision-s. of this 4ct relating; to: the P.?W,el' of
. Ilis Majesty to disallow Acts· as if, it were an Act of the Provincial Leg1s}ature
'1\Ssented to by the Go ernor; and ·
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(c) may be withdrawn at any time by the Governor.
(3) :I:£ an'a. so far' lliS an ordinance under this section makes apy piovision
which would not be v&hd if enacted in an Act of the Provincial. Legjslature-
':assented
to
by the Gov.el'llOr, ~it shall be. void. .. , . . .
.
l[Prqvided
that, for the purposes o~ the provisi@ns ofthis Act. relating to the
·effect of ail Act of a P'rovinic;:p,1 Legislature which is repugnant. to an A.ct of .
· the Federal. Legislature or arr existing Indian, Law with respect .. to a matter
.enumerated in the Concurrent Legis].ative · ~ist, an ordina:irce promulgated under
this section in pursuarice . o:f instructions from the Governor-General, acting in
his discretion, shall be deemed t() . be an Act of the . Provincial Legislature .
w:hich
has.
been reserved for the consideration of the Governor-General and·
-:a.ssented to .by him.], · · . . · . .
$9. Power of Govdnor to prcniittlgato o·rdinancf!S. at ari,y ¥i11te wit(tespect
to oertafo subjec.ts.-(1) If at any time the Governor of a Province is i;atistied
that circumstances ·.exist :vhich. render ~ necessary for · him• to take imniediate
ootiou for the purpose of enabling him satisfactorily to discharge his fouction.3
in so far as he fa . by or under this Act required in the exereise thereof to aeb'
i.n his discretion, or to exercise. 'hi.s individ.ual judgment, he 'may promulgate
such ordinances as in. his opinion the circumstances of the case require.
· (2) An ordinance . prorqulgated under this section shall continue · in opera·
tion for such period not exceeding six months as may be specified therein, but
~ay by a subsequent ordinance be extended for a /urther period not exceeding
·six months. . ·. . · '
(3) An ordinance~ promulgated under this section shall have. the same force ·
· and effect as an Act of the Provincial Legislature assentedjo by the .Governor
but every such ordinance~ · · .. . . . ·
(a) shall be subject to the provisions oi this. Act relatini to the powe:r .'of
His Majesty to disallow Acts' as if it were an Act of the Provincial Legislature;
(.b) .may be withdrawn at any time by the Goverrior; and · , ·
.. Cc) if it iS an ordina.n-0e exte~dinw a previous ordinance for a further period,
shall be communica.ted forthwith _through
1 the Goverrror-General to the Secre
tary of State and shall be laid by him .before each House of Far.liament. •
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4) If and so far as an ordinance under .this sectioi: make.a any provision •
which Would not be v,q,lid if en.acted iri a;n Adi o:f the Provincial J_,egislature,
it shall be void:
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. Provided .that• for t:he purp¢ses of•the provisfons of 'this Act relating to the
effect . of an Act of a 1:.;rovincial Legislature.· which is. repugnapt to an A.ct of
the l<'ed,eraJ I,egislature, ,1 [or an exi.:iting Iild.ian Litw \vith i
1espl;)ct to a :i;n.att.er:,
enl}merated in the Concurrent ,Legislative List], ·an orditiaµce. promulgated und?r ·•
this section shall be deemed ,io be an Act of the Provincial Legislature which ,
• has. been· reserved. ·foit the consideration of the Governor-General a11d assented' '
to by him. · . , ·. • • . · · · .. , ! · · · · · .· · ·, ·.
(5) TJ;ie functians of the Governor under this section shall be ex(;ircised bf ;~
him. in his discretion but. he shaJl not exercise any of his p.owers thereunder
except with the COUCUl'renc~ of the Gove'rnor-G:eneral in his discretion : . , \,
· Provided that, if jt .appears to the Governo1· that it ~s impracticable to
obtain in tfrne the concurrnnce of ·the Governor.-General, he, may promulgate
ari ori;linance without the conculTence .of the Governor~General, but in that· case
the Governor-General Iri his discretion may d1rect the Governor to withdraw th~ ..
·. ordinance and the ordinance shall be withdrawn' accordingly. " . ·
. 90 •. · Power of Gove1·:nor in .;i,irtain circi.imstances to eiiact Acts.-(1) _If at
any time it a,ppeins tp the' Gove'rnbr that, for the 'purpose of en.abling hiin .
satisfactorily. to qischarge his functions in so' far as he-is by or' i;inder this Ace ..
req\1ired iri ,the exercise thereof to act in his disCretiou qr to ~xercise hisindivi~
.. dual judgment:· it. isesse)1tial that provisioii should be made by legislation; he
may by· message to the Chamber or Cham,bers of the Legislature <:1xpht~n the ·
circumstances .. which in his -opinion render legislation essen~ial, and either-
( a) enact foi·thwith as a Governor's :Act a Bill containing si;ich provisions· as
he· considEirs ;necessary; or .· · · · · · · .. · · .. ·
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attach t0' his iriessage a draft of the Bln, which he cor:isiders ;uecessary~
(2) Where the Gover;nor takes such action as is-mentioned in parag~a,ph (b)
. of the preceding sub-section, he may, at any time afte.r the e:x;pir1ottion of one
JDODth, enact, as a_ G'.)ver.ii9i"s Act, the Jpill .proposed by hini to the Cba.mbcr
.
or Chan1bers eitbel' in. the
form. of the draft communfoated to th~m, or with
such amen:dme1'ts .as he \l_eeip.s necessary, '\lut before. so doing he shall consider
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any, address' which may have Jieen,
presented to him, within_ the said . period lfr
the Chamber or eithe1" of the Chambers with reference to the Bill or to amend-
. rµents suggested , to be, made therein. . , , ' . ' '
(3) A Governor''s Act shall haye the same .force and effect, S;nd shall oe
subject to disallowancp, h] the same manner; as a,n Act of the ProvinciafLegis~
latu're assented to by the Governor and, if .and so far as it makes any provision:
.which would not be valid if enacted in an Act of that Legislature,' shall. be
v:oid: .' · ~-· ·.· · · i)i, . · . , i , • ·
· Provided tha,t, .for the .purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to the .
. effect of an Act 9f .a l're6vincfal ·Legislature which is repugnant to an Act of
. the Federal Legislature, 1 [or an exiSting Ind!an .Law 'with respect to a· matter
enumerated in the Concwrent Legislative Listl, a Governor's Act shall be deem•
· ed fo be an Act reserved, for, the consideration of the {fovernor.:General i:m~I
, assented to bv him. ··. . , , ' . ,
( 4) Every "Governo,r''s Act shall be communicated forthwith . through . the
G_ovemor-General to the Secretary of State and shall be laid by him before each
llm1se of Parliamen~. . . · · · , · . ' ·. ·
· (5) The fonetions · of 'the Governor under this section shall be exercised bv
him in his discretion, b,ut he shall not exercise any of his powers f,hercunder· .
except with the concurr,ence of the Governor-General in his ·discretion. : . : , . ·.
CHAP'rER v.~ExcJitJDED AREAS AND PARTI'ALLY EXCLUDED A:itEAS.
91. JiJ:xclmled areas and ·pm·tiaUy excluded areas.-;-(1) In this Act t;he ex-
. pressions "excluded' area" and ·;pa.rtially excluded area" mean respectively·,
.such a.reas as His Majesty may by Order in Council declare to be excluded
areas or pal'tfolly excluded areas.' , . . · ,
. Th.e Secretary of State. shall lay the draft of. the Order which it is. proposed
-.to recommend His :Majesty to make under thiS sub-section before Parliainent .
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· \'ithfo sii mon"f\hs from· the passing of this, Act. , , . , , , ,
/ · (2) Ris MaJe<1ty m&y at a;ay tune by, Order in CouI1;Qil-'
(a) direct that the whole or any specifiep. part -of an excluded ,area aha.IL
become, or' become' part of, . a partially. exchided area; · . .
. ( b) direct t~at the whole' or any specifie.d J>art of'a partially excluded area.,,; .
shall cease to be a partially excluded area or a part of such an: area:
(c)' alter, but only by way of rectification of boundaries, ai+y excluded ot" \,
partially excluded area; . . · , · ... . · , . , . ,
(d) .on ;:i,ny alteration of the boundaries Sf a Pr<?vince, or. the creaijion of. a'.
new' Province, declare· a!'.ly territory 'not pre'Viously included i.,n .any Province
to. be,' or t.o form part of, .an ~xcl-llded . ar~a or. a partially exclud~d area, . . .
,;:i.nd any such Order :i;nay contain• such incidental ;:i,nd consequential ,p1·oy1sHms
· as .appf!ar to Bis Majesty to be necessary and proper, but sav!3 as afore.said
tho Order in Council made urniler suh-section (1) of this sec~ion shall µot be·
.varied by any subaeqpent OrQ:er: . , . ·
. · · 92. Admini1:1tiatioti of excl~ftetl a1:eas. and partially excluded:, areas .. ~(l)
The executive authority of a, Provine$ ext~rids to ¢:iclude4 ,and. partially ex
cluded areas therein, but, n-0twithstanding anything i,n . this Ac,t, no Act of
thE Federal Legislature 6r 0£ t,he . 1?:r.9vincial. Legislature, shall apply to an '.
, excluded ·area . or a partially ·excluded area, unless the, Governor by public · ·
notificatioi1 so directs; arid the. Governor in ghring sucb a' direction with Jespect.
tO any ,Act i;nay direct that the Act sh'a.11 in its application to the areJ11 or to
any specified part thereo£, have effect subf8ct to such exceptions' or modificationf!.
as he thinks· fit. · · . · . , . '
(2) The Governor may make regulations for the,• peace and good govei·nme~t ·
of any area in .a T'rovince which. is for -the time being an excluded area, or a.
partially excluded ai·e~, and any regulntibns so made may repeal or amend any•
Act of the Federal Legislatm:e or of the Provincial I,egi.slature, or any ~xisting~
·Indian law, which is for the time being ap:plica.ble• to the area' in question. .· '
. ·Regulations macle under this s.ub-sectiori ;shall be submitted forthwith to the
Governor~General and until; assented to by him in his discretion shall have
no effect,, and the provisions of this Part, of this Act with respect to the power
of His Majei>ty to disallow Acts shall apply in 1·elation to' any such regulations
assented to by the Governor-Gene:ra1 as · they apply in relation· to Acts o:f a
Provincial
Legislature, assented to .by
him.
• (3) The , Goyernor shall, as respects cany area in a :Provinee which fa fo~ the
pi:rne being .an excluded. a;rea, .exerc.fae, his functions in his discretion.·. .;
C!IAPTER VI,_.:PROVISIONs ni CASE, OF FaJ'.1,l:J:aEi·ol!' CoNSTITUTIONl\,L MAO.HINJ!lRY.
93. Power' of G_overnor t.o issue. Proclamation.~.-(1) ·.If at· any time t)J.e ,
Governor of a· Province is satisffed that a situation has arisen in which the.
go·ven1me11.t of the P1·ovince cannot be carried on in acc9rdance ;with the provi-
sions
of
this Aot, he may by, Proclamation-· · · · ·
(a) declare that hi~ functions shall, tp such extent ftS may be. specified in'
thf:i Proclamation, be exercised by him iu his discretion; .
' (b) assume, to himself all or'-ahy of _the powers vested. ;in Ol' exercisable . hY,.
any ProvinGial body or· authority; . . .
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a.nd any such Proclamation may contair .. such
incidental and cons<;iquential pro"
. visio~s. as may appear to hhn to be neceswry or desirable for givi11g effect to
the o,b3ects of the Proclamation) including provisions for suspending in whole
or in p_art the operation of any provisions o.f this· Act relatjng to auy Provinc~al
body or avtllor:ity: • '
. Provided that. nothing in this sub-section shall authorise th(} Governor to
assume to ·hin;isel.£ aixy of the. powers vested ~n or exercisable. by a High Court,
or to suspend, either in whole or in part, the operation of any provision of thiE.'
Act relating to High Courts. · · ·
. (2) Any such Prodamation niay be ~·evoked or varied by a subsequent Pro
-01ama,tion.
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(B) A ·Procfamation .und~r this section- · · . ·
. (a) shall be coillmuhioated forthwith- :tO the Secreta~ of ~tate and shall be
-~~id by him before eacli House _of Parliament;
(6) 'u:Qlesa !t_· is a Proclan:i:ation _revoking a · previou's Procta!Ilat!on, shall
. cease to ()perate at th~ expil-:ation of 13ix month~:
. Provided_ that, if .~nd so often as a resolutiQn approving the continuance in1
force
-of
such .a Proclamation .is passed by both :f[ouses Parliam,ent, the
::proclamation shall, un~ss revoked,· ccintin.ue in fprce ~br.. a fiirther period of
twelve months from the date on which, under this sub-section-it would oLhe~
wise ha~e l'.l.ea~ed'tp 'operate, but no si1ch Proclamation shall in any case rerrii.iri
in :force }or more tha,n three yearsI. . • .· · ·
( 4) I£ the Governor; qy 1t Proclapiation unger this section:, assumes '-tp .
hjmseH a11y power o_f ;the Provincial Legislature to 111ake law's, any law marle
by him in the exercise of that powe1: shall, subject to tJ;ie terms thereof, COll
timie to have effect l.mtil t.wo years ·have elapsed .from the date on which the
Procl~mation cei;i,ses to have effect, unless sooner .repealed or' re-enacted by .
/Act of the appropriate Legislature; and any reference in t~hi' Act to Proviri.ciar
Acts, Provmcial laws, or Acts or ·laws of . a Provincial I .. egislature F1hall be
, . ·· c6nsti·ued as including a refe1·ence to such a law. . . . · .
( 5) The fUn~tions . of t.he Gover.nor under this section shall be exe1·cised _!:>y
hirri in hi'$ discretion and no Proclamatiqn shall be made by a· G9vernor unaer
-.t:nis section without the concurrence of the Governor-GenE;md in his -discretion
. PAR'!' IV2.-THE CHIEF COivIMISSION.ERS' PROVINCES.
94 ... 0"J:ief Gommi~sioners' 'Provinces.-:-(1) 1'he f~llowi,ng shall be the Ohle! ·
·D~m::russ10,mn·s' trovinces, .t~t is t-0 ~il'Y, the .he~eto~ore existing Chlef Corn.. ·
misaioners Provrnce~ of Bntish ,Baluchistan, Delhi, AJmer-M;erwara, Qoorg and
Ahe Andi:man and _Ni?cibar ,Island~, th6 area known as Ptl.nth Pip!o~a. arid such"
· -0ther Chief Oomm1ss1oners· Provinces ·_af'l may be created under th1E! Act.
(2) Aden shall cease to be part 0£ India, . . . . ',
' (3}-A C~ief Com,missioner:s Province shall be 'adm1nistered· by the Governor
, General acting, to such extent as .he thinks fit, through a Chief Oommii;;sion1:.r
to be appointed by him in his· discretion. . . · · '
96.. Br.itiBh. BaZuoh.is!an,-:...(1) In directjllg' and controlling the administratiOn
~£ British Balu-chistau, the G:overnot-General shall act in his discretion. ·
(2) The executive authority of the F~deration extends to British Ualuchist.an
-AS it _extends, to other Qhief Comm"issiOner,s' Provinces, but, ' rio1i\vitlista,udib.g_
~riything. iJl ijhis Act, no Act of. the J<'ederal Legislature shall apply to Bri~iish
B_a;luchistan" unless .the Governor-General in his discretie.n :by publi:c notificatlon
' so directs, ·and the .Governor-General in giving such a direction with respect to
. any Act,may direct t4at .the Act shall· in its application to the Province, or to
any specified part thereof, have e.ffect subject to su1:1~ exceptions or modifica-
. ..tions as he thinks :fit. ' .
' . (8) The' Governor-General may in I his discretion make. regulations for the
peace and ·good govern~ent of British Baluchistan, and any regulations so .made ·
! may repeal or amend any Act of the Federal .Legislature or. any existing Incpau
a '.faw which is :for the time being applicable to the Province and, when.promulgated
by the Goveinor•General,, shall have the si:tme force a.nd effect as an Act of the
Federal J .. egislature which applies to the Province. · . ·.
: The provisions of Part II. oi tl;iis Acb relating to the power of His. Majesty to ·
-disallow Acts shall apply in relation to any such regulations as they apply in
relation to Acts of the Federal Legislature. assented to. by the Governor·
·.General. .
96. 'l'ha Andaman and Nfoob(/,r Islanas
. ....:.!l'be pro~isions of .sub.-section (3),
<'.t the last preceding section shall apply in .relation to the' Andaman and Nieq· .
'bnr ISlands .as
they appl:y
in relation to British Bah~cliistan.
. . · 1 For extension of Procla.mittion dllri~g w~r period, see the India and. Burma (Temporary
· . 'and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ac.-t, 1942 (5 & 6 Geo. 6, ch. 39). s.J. · · · ..
~ -This Part ca:1:ieJnto force on the !st April, 1937 under. para. 3,-G. of I. (C. T. Prov~) 0 •
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• 97. Oodt'g:-:-Until other provi.sion 'is made by His .. Ma.jel:'lty~ in ~ouncil~ the.·
.. eonstitutibn, power;i ,and functi,ons .·of the C~9r~. Le&1slatrve Council, 8.~d th~. .
·. arl:ia!fg'frmenti:i witli. respect to revenues eoJlected 'Ill Coorg and expenses m res-· · ·
.. peet of CQorg, shall coµtip:ue. unchanged. ..· · · · · .· . . .
, 98. •Provisions .as to' po'lioe Tules .&c.; and. a.11 to crimis ~f violence · lnten.dail"'
. . ,to ovc•rth1·ow the Government,_,..'.rh~ provisio11.s of Part III of this 'Act witll. •
.·· 'resl,ect to police rules and with respect. to crim~s ·of violence ibtei1ded to 'ovpr~
· ""·"!"tbrow the ·government, including ·the,~provisions-~tJlereof relating to the 'non• ·
•disclosure.
of certain records· and. information,
shall apply in rtilation to .• Uhi~f ·
. · Commissioner~' Pr6vinces. as they apply in relation :to Governors' Provinces,
wit~ the substitution for :references to the Governor a~d the Chamber or-Oha.n:i..::
bers of the Provincial. Legislature of refere.nces to the Governor-General and th~--
Charribers of the F.ederal Legislatu:re. ·
PART vi.-~EGJ:SLATIVE 'PowEns.
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CIIAPTER L_:..,DH<TRIBUTION OF· Pow11ms.' .•··
"" 99. Extimt of 'Federal. a.nd ·Provincial .. laws.-:(1) Subject to. the.•.· provisiOl).~;
'of ~his Act, the .Federal Legislatme .,nay make la}Vs for the whole or. any .Parli
o1 British lndia or for any· .f!'.ederated Sj;ate, and. a l'rovin.cial ,Legisl~ture. r.nay
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make faws for ,tbe l'l:ovince or for any part thereof; . , . ·. · . . . ·
. , · ~2). Without .Pr~U,diee to the. generahty qr tlie pow,ers conferr~d by the pre·
oedmg sub-sec~IOI)., . n9 · ]'ederal la,w shall, . on the. ground that · it would hti.ve.
extra territoriaLoperatiOn, be deemed to be invalid in so ~r as it applies~.
(a) to British'. subJects and servants of the Crown in. any part of lndia; or
(b) t-0 British subjects wh~ are domiciled in any part of India wh~reverdhe;y:
·may be· or · · · ·
(c) to; or to perspns on, ships or airctaft regi~tered iI). Briti.sh India or any .
Federated State wherever the;Y may be; or · · · · · · .. .· . . . r-····
.{d) in the case of a law with respect to a· matter aceeptedin the Instrument(
of. A.ccession of a Federated State as a matter,,witrre~pect to wliic1i~filie'l'ederal'•
.. Legislature may make. laws for that State, "to subj~cts of that. State whereve+-1
.they may be; or· . · · .· . . . · ·· { . · · · ~
. (e} in the ease of a law for th~ regulation or diSciplinc of any naval, milita:eyo1,•
or air force raised in British India, to members of, aµd persons attached tof ):~
' employed with or following, that force; wherever they may be. · ·
100.
Subject matter of Federal and Provinciai 'taws•__;_(l) Notwith~tanding~'
. ai;iything in the two next succeeding sub-secti011s, the Federal Legji:;lnture fo1.~.·
and. a Provincial Legislature has. not, power tb make .laws with respMt, to a1-iy
of the matters enumerate.d in .List I in the Seventh Schedule to this Act (here·
inafter called the "Federal Legislative List"').
(2) Notwithstand:ng anything fo the next succeeding. s:ub-secti<;>n, the Federal
Legislature, a1:u1, subject to the preceding subcsection, a Provincial Legislatuie·
also,
hi:i.ve
power ,to make htws with respect .to any of the matters enumerated
ir:. List Ill in the Sfl!id Schedule (hereinafter c11lled the "Concurrent; Legislative·
" l1ist_' ').. ·''"· ·. ··· . . · . . . ., . . · ·
(3) Subject to the. two preceding sub.sections the Provincial Legil'llature bas,
and the Ji'ederal Legislature . has not, power to· make fo.ws for . Qi Proyinee nr
any part thereof with respect to any of the matte!:!' enumerated in List H in'
the said Schedule (bereinafter,called the "'Provincial Legislative List").
(4) The FederatLf'gislature has.power to make laws 'with respect to matters
enumerated in the Provincial Legislative List except for a Province or. !lDY part
· thereof.· · . · · ·. · . ', . . . · , . ·
101. Extent of power to legislate for Sf,{ttea.--:-Nothing in thil\!,Act shall be-·
construed as empowering the Fed.era! Legislature to make law~ for a Feder~ted
· State otherwise .. than in a,.ccordanee with the Instrument of· Accession of th~b
State and any litni.tations contained therein~ ,
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. · ... 102. J:o'ljJ.~T. of Fe~e~atL12giBla~'UT6 Jo legiSla~e .ifan emergency iB pri>clilimed\.
~(l). Notw1~hstancl,mg· any~hmg in the pl'.eceding i;;ectious ,of lthis chapter, the
)federal Legislature.shall, if the Governor-Gerieral has in• his discretion declar.(;.ct.
by Proclamation (ih thii ~~t relerreil to .al\!· a '',~roc~aitiation .?f Enlergeucy''). .
that a grave emergency e.x1sts whereby tb.e security of lndrn · .1s threateried
1 Vl'.hether by war or internal disturbance~. have power to make laws for u, ·Pro'.
vmce o~ any, part thereof 'with, respect to any ©f the matters enurrierated jtf)th:e
Provincial I .. eg~sla tive List ·.. ·· · · · ··..• . , : . ..
· ho'Vided ·that· no· Bill oi·· ameridwent. for the purpose13. afores~id, . shall · bJ
introduced or moved without . the previous sanctjon 6j the Governo~:Gerieral in
hiR di'iscretioJl, and the Governor-General shall not give his sanc~ion unlt1ss · it·
appears to him that the, provision proposed to be made is a· prope1· provision in
view of the .nature of the emergqncy. ·
· (2} Nothing in this section shall restrict the ,power of a Provincial Li;1gi:sla-
. · ture to. make any law which . under this Act it . has· power . to ma,ke, but if any
provision of a Provincial,. law is repugnant to ariy 'provisi6:p of 'a Federnl.law
which tJ:~ Federal LegiSlatu:rEl .has um.for this section power to make, . the
Federal la:w, whether passed before' or after the Frovirichi,l law, shall prevair,
·
.and; the a?rovincia.t l~w
shall: to the extent of the· i•epugnancy, but so long only,
as the Federal ~aw cohtinues to have effect,. be void. · '
. (3) A Proclarration of. Emergency~ J:' . . • . ,
(a) muy be re:voked by a subsequent P1·ocla~atiofr; .
(b) shall be communicated ,forthwith to the Seeretary of State \aQd sha:ll
·,be laid by him before each Hou·s~f Parliament; and . . ,
. (c) shall cease to operate at the expj1·ation of six months, ~nless befpre the
, , expiration of that p.eriqd i~ has been .appr-0ved. by Resoluti9ns of both Housee of
' . Parliament. · · . .
I ... . (4} A law maCle h'y the Fec;J.ei•al Legislature ~hich that Legislature would noL
~ . .. ·, ·but' for the issue of a Proclamation of ,Emergency 4ave beenr, co~1petent .· t.,
I(~ . a . : · · . on the expiration of a period of six months aft:er
[
·~. :~.· . ·.·••·· the Proclain,ation1has. ceas'ed t.~ o:r::erate,··e.xoept .. as res .. p. ec. ts thing···s d~l1 .. " .or Q.mit ..
~~ 1 t.ed to b~. done before the expiration oi the s:;1d penod. · . · · · • .
~ 1((5) A Proclamation of"Emyrgency declaring tpat the S\:lcunty of India IS
~...,.,.,.,.....· "Ml.·hreatened bv war or by internal disturbance. may be made before the at:M1al
~~U\;{J occurrence ~f war ·Or of any such disturbance if the Go:vernor-General,Jn his<
discretion is satisfied that .there is imminent danger thereof. l . '
103. Power of Federal Legislature to legislate. fo1' two or nio1'e Pfovfoces ·by
· conMmt.-IJ it nppears to the Legislatures u! .. two 01• more Provinces to. be
. desirable thab any of the matters enumerated in thfl Provincial Legislative List
Sfoul~.be regti.Jated; in those Provinces by act of the Federal Legislatur8;,, a,n·d. i:f
reso:1utJOns to that effect al'e passed by all the Chambers of thmie Provmcrnl
Legislatures, it. shall be lawful £or .the Federal Legislature to pass· an Ac~ tbr
regulatin~ that matter accordingly, llut any Act so passec1 may, as respects ·any.
Prov,ince to which it applies, be amended or repealed, by an Act )f the J,,egislature
of that Province. · · ·
' l04· Residual powers of legislation.-(:1) The Governor-General may by public
·notification empower either the Federal Legislature or a Prov'incia1 Legislature ,
II to enaet a law with respect to any matter not enumerated in any of the Lists in
the Sevel):th ,Schedtile to this Act, inch1ding a Jaw imnosirH!' a tax not nit:>.1itioned.
iu'any such list, and the exm,mtive authority ot the Federation or of.the Province,
as thP case may be, shall extend to the administration 0£ any law so made, unless
· the <fovernor-General otherwise directs, · ·· . ·
(2) In t,he discbare-e. of his !unctions under this section the Governm;-Generul .
shall fl.ct in h;s discretion. . . . ..
105,. /1tJ''1lioa.tion of Naval DisaipUne Act to Indi¢n na.val fm-ces.-(l) With-
011t rn·einilice to t11e provisions. of this Act with resnei:it t.o the lemi:ifa+.ive nowel's
of the Federal IJti'1iRlrrt.ure,' provision may be made qy'Act of tliat ·Lel?islature for.
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'(.w1th.c ectfro~he 1st April, 193~7· · . ,. · ' · · ·
·. :l..-. ~. S.t_l:"·'*'tO · .t 1sa~.:.t-O· l:\'"'~A\'''r""""/.•·!-\,?.;7), .
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{28GEo. 5 &i E~)v. 8'l Govemment bf iridia ACt •. 1~35. .. [On. 2~1 .
·• ~11p!;yi~g tne .N~val Disci~~foe Act t.o the In.dian • n.·aval forc~s and,· ~o long .as .
prov1~10n for that purpose rs made e1ther by an Ac~. of the. Federal Legislature or
by an ~exi_sting India! law, :the NQ..:ral Di~cipl~ne Act as. ~o .applie~ sb~l~ ha:ve
effect as if references .therem to His MaJesty s. navy and H~s MaJesty s. sl~ips_
:iiwhided references to I:Iis' Majesty's I:hdian navy ,=;tnd the sh:ps thereof, su~3ect
h11wever- · · . · · . . .·
(a) in the appli~ation· of th.e sai~ Act to tl~e for.ces and· ships. qf !he Indi~n
navy and to th<;i trial by court martial of offi13ers and men' belongmg .,hereto, ·t,o
.suc.M modiffoations and adaptations, if any, as niay be,·. or may hav~ been, made
;by the Act of ·the Federal o;r Indian Legislature to' adapt the said .Act to the .
-circumstances of India, including .such ·adaptatiohs as may · ·be, or may have . ··
been. 'so made for the purpose of authorising 'or requiring any.thing which under •
the S!lid Act. is to be done by or. to ·the Admiralty', or the. Secretary of t~e Ad.
mh•alty, to be done by; or to'the Governor-General; .or some,,person a~thorised tO'
act O'l hi!:·. behalf; and .
(l'i) in the 'application of the said'Act to the forces an<! shipin)f Ris Majesty's ·"
· JJaVV' ot;her than those of the Indian navy, to such modifications and adapt11tions'
as may be made, or may have been rn~di'\' unaer section sixty-six· of the Govern
men~ of India Act, by His MB;iesty in Cou,neil for the. pu:pose of Yegul_at~~1g the ·' ·.
1'(llnfao11:s of ~?ose forces and s~ips .ix/' t}l;e forces, a?d the ships of ~he In~ian navr.
(2) Notwithstand1ng anythmg m this Ac.t, or m any Act· of any Leg1sl1tture m
lµdia .. where. any forces .. and ships. of the ·Indian navy h\].Ve been placed at the
dispqsal of the Admiralty; the Naval Discipline .Act shall have effect as if refer".
'(Jncie>i therein to His M~jesty'.s navy and His Majesty's sl:rips inclluded references 1 ·
to His Majest'y's Indian navy arid the ships thereof, without'any such modifica-
tion;; 01· adaptations as aforesaid.. . · .
106. Provisions as to 'legisZatidn /01· giving effect 'to international agrr.emenfa.~ .
'(1) .The Fed~ral Legislature shall not by reason only of the entry h:r the Federal
J,egisl!'l-tive List relating to the implementing:!i'iof treaties and agreementH with.
Q~her count.ties have power to. make any law for ;my·. Province except. with the
previous consent of tbe Governor, or ~or a Federated State '.except with the pre-
-vious conserit. of t.he Ruler thereof. · . . ·.
(2) So much of .any law as is. valid only by virtue o:f any suckentry as afore
said may be ~epealed by the ]'ederaJ Legisli;tture and may, on the treaty or agree
ment, in .. question ceasing t.o ha-ve effect, be r!'Jpealed as respects any· Proince 'or
Stat;; by a law of that P;rovince or State. ' . . · . · . ·
· . (3) Nothing in this i><?ction appM~s in relation to anv .law whi~h the Federal
J,egislature has power to make fora Province or, as· the ~ase may b~, a Federated
State. by virtue of any other entry in 'the Federal or the Concurreni; T,egislathre
Li:.t
aci
well as, by virtue of the said· entry. · · • ·. . . · . ·
107. Inconsistency between Federal laws and P1'Dvincial ·or State; laU($.-(1)
U !1!1J provision. of a Provincial law is repugnant to any provision of a Federal,
law which the Federal Legislature is. competent to enact or to any provision of
.an existing Indian law with respect to on& of the matters· enpmerated in the Con
ew~r~m; Legislative List, . then, subject to the provisions ·of this' section, the
l'edera.I law, whether passed before or after the Provincial Jaw; or, as the case
'may be, the·existing ID.dfan law, shall prevail and the Provincial'law shall, to the
·extent of the repugnancy, be vo\d. . · . · · ·. .
(2) Where a Provincial law with respect to one of the matters enumerated in
the Concurrent Legislative LiRt contains any provision r<:rnugnant to the provi-·
. sions of ttn l'.larlier Fedel.'al law or ari existing Indian law With respect to that
·matter, then, if the. Provincial law, having been reserved for th(;} cons.iderl'ttion of
the Gcvernor·General or for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, has '
received the assent of the Governor·General. or of His. Majesty, the Provincial.
law &hall in that Provirice 'prevail, but nevertheless the F~deral Legislature ,:nay
at any time enact further lAgi~ln.tion with respect to the same matter:
Provided tbat no Bill or amendment for malci.ng ·any provision teµugmmt to
:oany Pr,ovincfal law, whinh, having been so reserved, has received the, uss.ent of
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i;he Governor-General or
ofHis
Majesty, shaU be introduced· Ot' moved. hi either
Cban:ibe;• pf the FederaLLegislature wi£]1crqt .the previous sancti0n~of the (:}over~
nol!-General in his discreflion. · . , ·· .·.·.. · · .· · . • ·. · . '
.·. (3) If a1{y provision of a lmy'of a Federated'Stat6 is repugnant ~q a lt'edera;r
law which extends to that State, tL.e Ji'eder~1 law, .wh~thl?J.!. passed before or a:fter
the law of the State, shall prevail and the law of the State slu~ll. to the extent of
the repugn:incy 6e void: . . . · .. · . · ·. .· · ·. . . .
' ' . ' CHAPTER IL-RES'.tRICTIONS' ON LEGISLATlVE POWERS. . . .
· 1-0s. Sanction· of Gover~or--Geneiai 0r, Governor required for c·ettain legisia
tive proposala.-(1) Unless the.· Governor-General dn his diacr~tion thiµks fit to.
··give hi~. previous san,ction, there shall not b~ introduced into, or tp.oved in, eit.Q.e"
Chamber of the Federal 4egislat1!1'e, any Bill or amendment which-:-· ..
(a) rep~als, amends or is revugµant to. an,y provisions. of any AGt oCParli!lQ ·
ment exte:ndirig to Briti.ish India; · m . · · .,, · · . . . .
(b) repeals, ·amends or is repugnant to any Governor,-:General's or Governor's ..
Act, or anJ' ordinance promulgated in hii;1' discr.etion by the· Govemo:i,--General or a.
· Gove:mcr; or · . · . ·· . . · ..
, (c) affects matters as respect~. ,which the. Governor-General is, by or )lJ'.}.der'.
.this Act; required to ,act in his discretion;, or .· . . · · .. · . ' · ..
(d)•'repeals, a:rnetlds or aff~cts any Act rela,t~ng to any police. force; or . .
. . ( e) affects the procedure for criminal proceedings 'iU which European British
subject~ are concerned; or . . . . · · · · ·
(f) subjects persons not resident in British India to greater taxation :than
persons re~id~n~ ~ri Bi·iti~h Indfa gr S.lJ:bject~ companfos. nob. ':hol1y eon trolled. am;l
ma:rtaged· IQ. Bnt1sh India to greater taxation than compames wholly eon.trolled
arid ii.1anaged therein; or · . · · . . .· · · · . . . . ·
(g) 3ffects the . grant of relief·. from a~y Federal tax on income. in respect of·
income taxed or taxable in the United. Kingdom, . ·. . . . . ...
. . (2) Unl~ss the Go~ernor-Gen~~L
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in his di~cretion thinks" .fit t() give his pre·
v1ou&· sanction, there shall not be mtroduced mto, or moved m, a Chamber of a
Provincial Legislatui·e any Bill or ainenqment which--· · '
, . , (a) repeals, amends, or is-repugnant to any provisions of any Act of Parlia~-
ment extending to British India; or • · .-· · · · · , ··
(Ii) repeals, :amends or. }s repugnant to any Governor-General's 'Ac.ti, qr any: ·
ordi.n11-nce promulgated in his ·discretion by the Governor-General; ·or. . . ·· •·
, (a) affects• matters as respects whiCh the .Govern@r..:General is by or 'under~ this
, Act., r~quired to fl.Cy in his discretion: ~r .t • · . · • , .
(d) affects the procedure for criminal proceedings in which '.Eul'.ope·an Br.itish
subjects are concerned; . ; ' ' ' ' ' '. . . /' .· ,·
and unless :the Governor of the Province in :his discretion thinks fit to give his
prHviou<1 sanction, t:here shall hot be introdu{led or moved any Bill or ·a1nend
tnent which-:- . . . · · · · . ·
('j) repeals, amends or is repugnant to any Governor's Act, or any ordi:Qance·
pronrnlgated in his discreti0n by the Governor·; or . · .
(ii) repeals, amends or affects any Act relating to. any policeforce. ·~ '
. (3) Nothing in this section affects the· operation of any other provision in this:
Act which. requires the prevfous sanction of the Goverrior-General or of a· Gover-·
not t·) the introduction of' any Bill or t)le moving of any amendfr/.ent. ..
'. 109. !l_equirements (];8 to sanctions and reaommendations to b!J regard~d as·
matt.era of procedure only.-(1) Where under ariy provision' of this Act the
previpu;,: sanction or recommendation of the Governor-Genefal or· of a Governor:
is required to the introduciiion. or passing of a Bill or the moving of an amend
me11t. the giving of the sanction."or r~corrimendation shall not be .construed as. ·
precluding him ~from exercising subsequently in. regard to. the ·Bill in question'
any. powerer. conferred up?n him b7 th!s Act with respec.t to the Withholding of
al:!sent -t;n, or the reservation of, Bills. · ·
(:!) Na Act of the Federal Legislature· or a Pro~infiial Legislature, .and. n~
. provision. in any suqh Act, shalt be invalid by reason only that some previous-,
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. sanction or recommendation was not given, -~f asfc!en~ to that .A?t was. given-:-
·.· · (at where the previous sanct_ion or recommendation required wa.s .. that .<;>(the
Governor; either by the Goverµor, by t:1e Governor-General; or by Jl1s 1"fa3esty; .
(b) whe:i:e the previous sanction 01· .reconµ'ilendation reqID;ed ~~s that of .the
<Governor-General, eithei:
by _the Governor-General gr
by :His lVl'.aJesty.~ · • · .
11:0 .. Savings.-Nothing in this Ac~t shall bE:J taken;_, . ". ·
Ca) to affect tl1.e .Power of Parliament .. tO legislate for :Jjritish India, or · any
. part tlu:.reof; or . · . . . . . · .. · • p· "· ·
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· (b) to empower the' Feder~l Legislature, pr any . rovmc1a ,.h;e~1s a ure-:-:-.
(i)' to. make any law affectmg the .. ~oye11mgn .or .t~e Royal -Fan:ily, or the _
Succession to the Crov,rt1, or the sovere1gntJ'.,. dom1i:i1on .or ~uzeramty of the
· dr~wi 1
in any part of India, or the ~a'': o~ Br1t1sh nat10p.abty, or. the. Army ~.c~,
the Ah~ Force Act, or the ~aval Drsmplme ,Act, or the law of.Prize or Prize ..
·courts· or · · · .. · · . · -
. .. {ii)' except ill so far ~s is expre~sly perm'itte~. by any· s.ubse~~ent provision~ ,?f
· thi'3 -:A:ct, to make any law amendrn.g any provision of. this Act; or apy Ordet m.
"Council ri"Jade thereunder, or any rules made undei· this .Act by the Secretary o~
State, or by the Gov~rnor-Geueral 01' a Gqyernol' iq his discre.tibn, oroin the exer--.
. ,4fae ·of his indiv'.idual ju'dgmen.t; or · . · . . . · _ .. ·. . · . . . . . . · . · . . ··
(iii) except. in 'SO far' as·is expressly 'permitted ·by any subsequent prov1s10~s.
•0£ this Act, to make any law deroga~ing · froni any , .prerogativ,e right of. {fas
Majesty to gra11t special leaye to appeal from any court. · .. · ' .
-CHAPTER III.----'PRov1s10Ns wlTH :RESPECT TO DtsoRIMINATION. ETO. ·
111. British s1ibje<its ao.:riicilecl in the u;iiteit Kingdom.-(i) Subjtict to tha
-provisions of this chapter,. a British subject domiciled .in the Un~ted)<ingdom ·
shaU bii exempt from the operation of so mnch of any F·eaeral or'Provinciallaw
as'r" . . . .. _ . .·. . .
~(a) imp6ses any rest,riction on th(;) right of entry into {British India; or
-(b) imposes by reference to place of birth., race, 'descent, language, teligioni
·domicile, residence
or dliration,
of .residence, au:y disability' ii.ability' restriction.
or c·ond'it.fon in regard to tl!ltyel, residence, tfie acquisition, holdillg, ·or disposal
·-0f ·Pl'OlJ(:ll'ty, the holding of public offiM, o·r the cal.'rying on of any occupat~Oll; ·
trade,. business or pl'ofession: . . · .. . · ·
Provided. that no person shall by virtue of this. sub-section l?e .entitled. ·to. ·•
· :exemption, from any .such restrictiqn, condition, liabil1ty or. disability as aforef;aid ·
1f ai:1d so long as Brit~sh subject's domiciled. in British India are by cir undevJ;he
law. of the Uniteil Kingdom subject fa the .. United Kingdom ta a like restr.iction,
{!'ondition, liability, or disability imposed_in regard to .. tJ:ie same subject matter
by reierence to the same principle. of distinction. . ·. · · ·· . ' · · ·
.. (2) For the ·purposes of_ thi:l prececling· sub-sectioµ, . a proviSion, whether of tha •
law of British India 01· of .the l.aw of t11e United Kingdom, empowering any
public authority to. impose quarantine' regulations, or to exclude or deport ind·l- .·
. :viduals; wherevei.' joµiiciled, 'Who ; appear to tha;t authority to be undes')rable
wersons, shall
not
be deemed to be a restriction ,on the right 0£ entry. . . .
{3) 'l:ifgtwithstanding anything in this section; if the Govemor-General .or, as
the case. may be, the Governor. of any Province,. by public notification certi:fie'-1 ··
tlrnt for 1;11~ prevention or any grave 'menace to the peace or tranquillity or any
,:part. of.India or, as the case may be, of any .part-of the Province, or for the put'·
pose of combating crinies of violence intended· to ove1;thtow the Government it
. is expe. dient that the. (ipe1:ation of the. pro!'isions ?f sub-sect. ion (1) of this. section.
sho:ihl ~€ w_ho!ly or partially susp?ndM m relation to any faw, then while' the .
notdic~tion 18 111 force the operation of those provisions, shall be suspended
.,:accm·dmgly. . . . . .. · · . . -,
. The functions of the Govemor.,,General and of a Governor und01• ti\ifi sub~ISe"· ·
.
·Mon shaH be exercised by
him in his disci·etion. . . · · :
·.. U2: ~aai,ation.~(i). No Feder~l o.r ~rovincia: law w.h.~ch irrq~oses any .lia~i#ty
t-0 taxc1t1on shall bf such as to d1scrm:nnate against Br1trnh sub3ects dom1cil~d in
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.the Un'ited Kingdom or Burma ot companies, incorporated,· whether. before or
after ·the passhlg of this ActT, by or un(J.er the laws of the United K.lilgdom g_r
Bui'm-a, and ·i.nzy law p-as&ed or made in :.eontravention of this ~sectibn shall, to
thE? Cj{tent of the contravention, be invalid, ·. . .
· (2) Without prejudiee to 'tihe generality of the foregoing provisions, .. a law,
. shall be deemed 00 be such as to discJ:lill)m.'ate against such persons OJ:' companies
as aforesaid i£ it would result in, 'il;ny of them being liable to greater· td:ip1tion
th~n that; to which they would.,. be li~JJ!e if ~omicile~ in .British· India or in-
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corporatea by or uniiiir the laws of Br'itish India, as tlie case may be. ·
(3) For the ·purposes of this section a c9mpapy incorpomted .before the com
mencement of Part III of this Act under any e4ia:ting Indian law and registered ·.;
thereurider in B.urma ~hall be deemed to be a eompany jncorporated by or under-.
the lawg of·Burp:rn,~ · · · . .
113~-Oompanie8 incorporated· in the United Kingdoin.-{1) Subject fo . tn&:
following provisions of th'is chapter; a comp'any focorporated, wheth!;ir before 9r . '
· after the ,pa.ssillg of this Act, by or under ~he laws~oLthe United Kingdom,:and' .
the membe1:s of the. governing body of any·'such coll).pany arijl the holders of it~ ·
shares, stock; .debentures, debenture· stoe\k or bonds, t1.nd its officers, ~gents,,
and servants,. i:;hall be <}.eemed to comp\y with so much of any Federal or :Provin-
0fo.l law as imp in regard to companies carrying on or pro.posing to ~arry on,
busfoess in Britis lndia requirements or conditions l'elating to or connected·
with-. · , · , · . .
(a) the ,place ofincorp01•ation of a company or the situation of its-~-egisteted'
office, or the currency in which its c9<:piool or toan 'capital is expressed; or _ ·
(b) the plaae of birth,· racs, descent, language, religion, domicile, residence
.or duration of residen,ce of men:i;bers ·of the governing body of a oomp&ny, ot of
.the hoJders of ]ts shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock oi.•"bonds, or of its
omcers, agents or servants: .
. . Provided
.thl:\'t
no company ?1' pei·son shall ·~~ vMU:e bf_ thi~ 's~ction be de~tned
fo comply With any .such reqmren1ent Qf cond1ti9n as aforesaid if. and so long as
. a like requirel,hent or condition is impO,Sed by qr under the law Of the United
· · IGngdom in regard. to. C()mpil,nies incorpor11ted by or under . the lawi'l of British.
India and
1
can·.ying on or proposing to ·carry on business in the Un~ted Kingdom.
· (2) If anil in so far. as any total. or partial exemption from, or .preferential'
tre11tment
in respect
of, ta'xation imposed on companies by or· under ~ny F.ederaI
or Pmvineial law depends on COiI}pliance wWli condil!ions as to any or tne matters:
mentioned Jn sub-section (1) of this sectio:\J., any company incorporated by 'or.
under the laws-Of' the United . 'Kingdom carrying on business. in British Ind!ia
shall be deemed to satisfy those :Conditions and be eµtitled w the e,xemptfon or
;preferential treatment accordingly,, so long as the taxation in:rposed 'by or unfler
the ·laws of· the United Kingdom on companies incorporated· by or under the·
laws of British India and carrying on business in .the Vnited Kingc1om does not.
depe:nd
ori. compliance
with ~onditlons as to·A:tny of the m11tters so m~ntioned·. ·
. 114. Coftpania8 incorpo~a:e.a in !ndia._,Q-). Subject to thr foll~win~ provi.,
s10ns of th1a. chapter, a British sub3eet domiciled m· f>he Umted Krngdom:.. shnrll
be d1;1emed..J;o :Comply with so.much o1 any Federal or Provincial law aa imposes.
in regard to Companies focorporated or pro.posed to·. be in!lor1Jo1·ated, whether
before or .after the pa8Bing of this Act, by br under the laws of BritiSh India, any
requirE•ments or conditions relating to, or con.nected with, the place of birth,
. ra~e, descent, language, religion, domicile, residence or driratJirin of residence. of'·.
members. of
the ..governing body of a company, .
or of 'the holders of its shares,
· stock, debentutes, debenture stock or bonds, dr of its officers, agents or· servants;
. • . J>royided that ne person a.hall hr .virtue of this. se?ticm be deemed. to c.omply:
wif;h anJ!,, such ·requirement or condition as, aforesaid if and so long as a l
1tke re·
. quirement or couditiQl'.l is imposed by or under the law of the United Kingdom in
regard to companies~iucorporated br pl"oposed to be incorporated by or under the:
laws of t}1e United Kfogdom on Brifo~li subje~ts domiciled in British Jndia.
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,. (2)lf an~ in so far.as; in tb:e case of an7 such compa:mes as aforesaid, a_ny
.. total or partial exemption :fr0,.m,, or. prefer~nt~r 1 treatn:}ent m . respect of, · taxat~on
.. imposed by .or under any Federal or Provii;icial law depends on compliance with
.. conditions as. t.o any of the matters aforesaid, then, so f~11 a~ regards such. mem·
bers of its governing body and. such of the holders. of its ~hares, stock, ~eben
turef. debenture· stock or b<:lnds, . and such ofits officers, agents, and servants,
as are British subjects dori1iciled in the. United Kingdom, any such co~J)any
shall be deemed to satisfy those conditions and~ be ent'itled to . the e:xemp~10n or ·
.. preferen:tial ti•eatmellt accordingly,· so long ·as tile taxation imposed by or under
the laws .of the United K~ngdom on companies incorporated by or under. those
. faws does not;. as regards suc4 of th"'. members of a company's governing body,. or
, .such' of the holders ofitf:! shares, stoclr, debentures, debenture stock or bonds, <>r
· su~h of its officers, agents, or servants; as are British suqjects domieH~d in
:British'India, dep!'lnd on compliance :v,rith conditions as t<f any oi the matters
1'foresaid. ,
1
. . · . ·
.. .
Ill (3) For the-purposes of this ·section, but not for the purposes of any other
provision of this chaptet, a company incorporated before the commencenH)ilt of
Part III of this ,<\ct under-any, existing Indian laJV and i·egistered thereunder iu'
Bu;:i;ia, shB;ll, be deemed to be a company incorporated by or under the laws of ·
:British
India. . · ·. · · ·
.
115. Ships aiif]. afrcTajt.-(I) No ship .registered 1n the United Kingdom shall
h& subje~ted by. or under any ·Federal . or Provincial law. to· any treatment affect·
ing. either .the ship herself, . or her IQaster, officei-s, crew, passengers or cargo, -
~hioh is . discriminatory ·in ravour , of sliips registered ·in British .. India, except
m so far as ships ,regiE;ter0d iri British lndia are for the time being subjeeted
.by or under any law of the United Kingdom to treatment of a like character whi~h ·
is s1milarly discriminatQr.y in favour of ships reg~stered in tl±e United Kirigdcim ..
. . . (2) This. section sl,lall apply in relation, to aireraft as ~t applies hr relation to
ships. . . · . . · · · . . · . · . . ·. ·. . . ·
(3) The proYisions of this section are in addition to and i1ot in derogation of
tl:ie provis'ions otany otthe preceding sections of this chapter. . . .
llG. Subsidies foY th:e e'ricauragem.ent of-trade or inftil8try.~(1) Notw~thstand 4
ing anything in any Act <,>f tl?.e ~ederal Legislature or of a Provincial Legislature,
companies ilicorp<)rated, ·whether before or after~ the pa:ssing of this Act, by or -
.
under the
laws of the United Kingdom and carrying on bu,siness in India shall.
·· · be elig\~ble for arty 'grant; b9utity or su.bsidy ·payable out o:t the revenues. of the '
Fedel'atiori.
or of'a Province
for the .encourage:rnent of any trade or industry to
the same extent as .com.pahles in-eorp9rated byor under the laws of Britfah India
are eligible therefor: · · · . · .. · · .
. Provided that this subsection shltll not apply ~n i•elatis)n to any gran:t, bounty
or sub$idy for · the eneou.ragement of any .· trade. or fodusfu.!y, if and · so
long as under the la"i,'1' of the · United Kingdom for the time being in force
con 1paµies inQorporated · by or under the laws· o:f British India and carrying, on
busin\?-ss in. the Vn,ted Kingdom are not equally eligible with companies incorpo·
rated by or under the laws of the ·United l;Gngd-0m :for the benefit of any grant,
bounty or subsidy payable out of public ~oneys in the :United Kingdom for. the . ,
eneour.agement of' the same trade or indu~try. · · · ·.
. (2) Notwithstarl:ding anything in tliis chfl,pter, an Act of the Federal Legisla· .
tnre or of a ProvinCial Legislature may require, in the case 9f a company which .
at the date of the passing of ''that Act was' not engaged in British In.dia in that ·
' branch of .tr~de or illdustry '?'hich it is the eurpose of the grant, bounty o:r· '
subsidy to encourage,. that the. company shall not he eligible for ·any grant, bounty
or subsidy under .the Act i.µiless and until,-, . · . . ·. · · .
. (a)-thu company is .inoorporatecl ~y or under the laws of fBn'iish Iridia or; if
the Aot so provides, .is incorporated by or under the laws of British India or of·
a Ff!dl?ated f?tate;
l),nd-.. . · ·. . ..__,, · · ' ·
·
(b) suah proportion, not exQeeding~ one hl:~lf~ of .the memoers o.f its governing
body as the Act may prescribe, are British sul,:ijects dQmiciled in India or, lit the
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{CB.·2.] •· .Government of India Jot, l935 .. [~6 Goo.'~&. lEnw. tt
;Apfr. so provides,. are eitJier British subjects ~om~ciled: in India_ Qr aubjec~s of:
Federated State; and·· · . . .... · .. · ·':. . . • . · ..
· ·. (
0
)
th~ company·
gives .such reasonabl~ facih~es as :ma.y .. be l!o-prescn.bea fl
. the b'itining of British subjects domiciled ~n India or, 1~ the Act 1'Q. prov1dee1,
British su"bjects d.omiciled in India or sub1.,~ts of a ~ederated St~te. · · ..
(3) For the purpo~es of this section a. company ineor:porated by. or under t
.. laws of the United Kmgdom sb,all be .deemed to be-carryml? on b?!?mess.'in In
if it owns ships which hab'itu.ll>lly trade to and from ports m India. - .·
.. 11"1 '. •81tppleme~tal.-.The foregoing provisions of this chapter·· sh~ll app!y
:l'.elation
.to any ordinance, order,
byelaw, rule or regulation. passed or made a:f
the pa~ing of filiis Act· and having by virtue of atiy exiSting Ind!ian law, .or ·.o .
law.of the ~ederal or any Provincial Legislature, the forc.e. of la\v ~s tl)ey .ap
. in relation to Federal and Provincial laws, but;. save as aforesaid;. notlung
th<Jse provisions shall' affect.the operatlion of any existing Indian law.:,. .·.
· 118. Power to secure recipr~c4l treatment by conven.tion . .:.-(1) If a~ter
·establisht,nent of the Federation JJ> .convention is inade between HiS .M~jes
Gover1iri1ent in ·the Unite.d Kip.gdom and th!? Federal Governinent whereby si
Iar!ty of ·treatment. is assured .in the.United· IQfo,gdom to British subjects do
·ciled in:British India. and to compar~.ies incorporated, by or · unCle~ the. laws ·
British India and .in British. India to British subjects d01niciled in the Unit
· J}.ingdom and to companies inco1-porated by or-under the laws of the Unit
Kh:igdom, reE!pectively, in respect of the matters, or any, of the matters, wi
:regard t.> which provision is made in the preceding sectio,na, of this chapter; ..
Majes't.y jnay, if he is satisfied. that all n~c~ssary legislation has· been. ep.ac
both in the Uniti:id 1-{ingdom and in. India for the purpose of giving effect to
·i:ionventfon,• by Order in Council declare. that the pm-poses of th0se secblons .
. ··to such extent as Inay be 'specified in. the Or<;l!'ir sufficiently fulfilled by tha;t co
ventio11
and legislation; and while
any such Otder is hi force, the·operation
those sections shall to that e;xt~nt be suspended. . ·. · _
, (2) Ai1 Order in Gomicil under this sect.ion shall cease to have effect ~f a
when_ the convention to whfoh it relat·es ex:pires or is terminated by either p·art
-thereto. -
--~ . · · · · . , ·
' '
119 .. ProfesBional ·and £BChnical q11,alifi<ratio~is in. general.-'-{l}
No Bill·
-~endmeut which prescribes, -or empowers any autbo1·ity to prescrib~, the pr
·f.!'lsaional or teclmical qualifications :Which are to be requisite for any. purpose .
Bdth;h India or which imposes, or emp.Qwers any nuthority to.impose, by r
-enne to a\JY professional or technical quaNfication, 1.>.ny,disability, liability, restri
tion or ~n{litiop. in 1•egard to. the practising of.. any profession, the -carrying on
~y occup'.1tion, trade or business, or the holding of any office in British Indi
shall be introduced· or moved in elithei· .Cha111ber of .the Federal Legislature wi
<>ut the previous sanction of the Governo:r-General in his discretion, or in
·Chamber of a Pro'{Jricial I .. egislature without the previous sanction of t
!Governor"in his d'iscretiOn. · · ·· · ·
(2) Tl1e Governor·G6(1eral or a Govel'Ilor shall not give his sanction for t
'IJUl'.poses of the preceding sub~sectfon: unless he is satisfied that the .
'egisJation
is-
so :frarn,ed as to secure thl;l.t no person who, immediateLv
·coming into operation of any disability, liability, restriction or condition to
impo~ed by 01' under that legislation, was. lawfully practising any professi
ca~ymg on any oc~upation, trade, or businesB, or holding any office in Bri
India shall, except m _so far as inay .be necessa.cy i~1 the interests of the .. pu
. be deba1Ted .from contmumg to prachse .that profession, carry on that' occupaLi
trade o~ busm13ss, o:· hold that office, .or fr'omdoing anything in the course of th
:profession, oc?~pation, trade or bus1i1ess, ·or in the discharge. of .the· dut1es
t~at office ~h~ch he could lawfu~ly have _'d~ne .if th~t disability, liability, restd
t1on or 0011d1t1on had nuL um11e mLo opBrtthwn. · · ·
(3) ~11 regula~ions made under th~. provisions of · ;ny F.ede1·:a1 or Ptovinc ·
Jaw which prescribe the professional or toolmfcal .qualifications ,'\vnich:·are to
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:reqv.isite for, any purp6se in BriPfah Indi~·or imP:QBe,~·by·te'ierenc.e to any pr~~s
0
' sioria-1 or technicalqualification, any diaabnity; 1 ·it~, restrietion·or. cond1~1on.
jn rega:rd to the practising of any profess,0;:µ, the . · ng ?n of any ocoupll.tlo:pr .·
· trade or businesljl,. or the holding of any office i:rt:Brltish Indm, shall, •notl~ss th~n ··
four nionths ·before they- are expressed to . come into operatliou, . be published: in
·such tnanner asmay be requirea by.~neral or·specialdirections-of the Govern?r"·
General, or, 'as the case may be, thE;i Govern.or, and, if within two mol}ths from ·
. ~lie .date of the publication complaint is made to the Governor-General or, as the
case may be, the GOvernor that the regy1ations or any of them will operate 'un• ·
. fairly as against any class of persons affected thereby., th~ Govelnor:General or
Govern.or, ii l:r~ is of op.inion th~t the compl~int is well founded; may, at.any time->
before· the regulations are expressed to come into operation, by publi~ ho~ifica~ .
ti OU dfaalfoV( tlie regulations Qr aily Of th~m. · - · ., : . .a I , . • . :
.. Iu this subsection the expression "regulations" inclu.de~ rUl~~.:;iI1ehtwti,.:
orders ·and ordinances. . . . . . . '. .
'Ul the discharge of his functlions under this suh-section the Governor·(jeneral:
dr a Governor .shall exer.chre his individual judgment. . . ·. . ;
.. (4) U the Governor-General exerc!si:µg his ind~vidual judgmer~t by publi9§
notification directs that the :provisions oi .the last precedi11g subsection s_~all ap:· · ·
·ply hl relation t<> ijny existing Indian la'W, those provisions !3hall apply in re.I& ..
tion fu. that law accordingly, and the functions wJ:iich \l~der . those. provifjfon.s ar.e·
to be performel:i 'in relation to a Federallaw by th,e Q:oven-iq_i·-General.andin rela~·
tiori to a Prov:incial' law by the Governor shall, in relation. to that exfating I:riclian ·
law, be perfor~ed, according lls may. he directed by the notincat'ion, by the~
Q;9y.elV;o~-GE,'J~.~ral exercising h~~. ~ndi;viduaJ j.qdgmeut, by the Gove1'11or. e~erci;:;ing
h1s mdlVldual Judgment or 1>a~ly by the one and partly by the, other of them;.··
l,20 .. }.tt;diaai .qualificdtions;_.:,(l) ~o .long. as the conditim~ s~t out in $Ubsec-~
tion {3) of this sectlion continues to be fulfilled, a British subject (l,omiciled. in~ th~~,_
United .King~m or In~ia wh~o, by .virtue of a :rrie~ical digloma .grar:ted ·to .him in
··the Umted Kingdom, is, or~is.ent1tled to be, regiStered m the Umted Kii.i:.gdom
as a qualified medical practitioner shall P,ot by or under any e.xi~~hrg Irn:lian la\,.
or !lny law of the Federal or any Provincial Legislature, be excluaed from practis-.
ing inedfoin.e, surgery or midwifery in British India, Qr in~any part thereof, or from
being registered
as qualified.so
to do;oi;i. any ground other than th~ ground thatthe·
diplomi 'held PN· him does uot furnish a. sufficient guarantee of h~s possession of.
~the requisite 1',t;towledge l,Llld skill for the practice of medicine, surgery and· mid~
~ifery, and' he' .shall not be .SO excludoo on that gro:und unless a: law of the
:Federation or otthe Province, 9.:s the case may be, iliakes. provision for securing.,.;.-
. (a.) that ho. proposal for excluding the holders of any particular 'diploma. from,
practice
or registration
shall. become operative. u,ntil th.e . expJration of Lw.elve
months after notice thereof has been given to the Gov.ernor•General and to the
University or other body granti~g that diploma; and ·
Jb) that a.ueh a proppsal shall not become operative or, as the ease may be:r
shall cease to operate, if the Privy· Council ()n an "~pplfoa..tion made to them
under the next succeeding subsection determine that tqe diploma. in question
· ought to be recognised as furniShing such a sufficient guarantee as aforesaid:
. (2) If .any· University or other body in the United 1 which grarits a:
medica1 diploma, or any British subject who holds.such oma; is aggt:leved ·
·. by the proposa,l to exclude holders of that diploma from practice or registration
J . in. BritiJ;Jh Indfo~ that body .or person may. make ai1 application to the. Privy~
i Council, and the Privy Council after. giving to such.J1l1thoritiea and ·persons· both'
in Bri~ish . India and in .the United 'Kingdom as they 'th'ink fit an opportunity 9f
. tendermg evidence or submitting representations in writing, shall determine
wh~ther the diploma in question (j.oes or: does not fUrnish a sufficient. guarantee 0f.
the possession of ijhe requisite knowled d skill for the practice of medicine,
sti'rgAry and m~dwHery, and shall no . their· detcwminatinn fay t,he Governor·
General, who shall communicate it to such ~uthorities, and cause it to be pub;. ··•
1ished in such manner, lu1 he thinks fit.. ·
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(8) The· condit!on referred to in subseoti~n (1).of t~is _sectipn-is ·that Bri~it3h'
e11 bjects do~iciled in India wh() holc1 a medical dq~lo~~ · grante~ .aft~r. examma~
tion in British India shall not be excluded :from practismg mechcme, surgery or·••
midwifery hi. tlie _Uiiifod IGngdom or'. :from being registered therein as qµalifi.ed
medical prac:ititiop.e:i:s, ·except: on tile. gro_und. that. t~ap. diploma does not ft;rn,isp:
a sufficient
guarantee of.
the posse·ss1on .of the reqmsite knowledge and· slnll for .
the 'practfoe of :qiediciine,, surgery .and mid:vifery'. and shall only be ,e:;celuded Qµ .·
tha~ groQn.d so l~l}g as -th.e law. of t~e Unit.ed Kin~dom mak~s _I>rovision for en-
., .
. ablmg . any. questio_n as to· the· s.Ufficiency pf that diploma to be ;referred to and
dec~ded by the" Privy Council. . -· . . -. . . · . . . ; : .
(4)A medical practitioner enflitled to practise :or to ,Q.e registered m British ·
India by virtue of a diploma gr:anted jn the U;i~t~d Ki1;1gdom, or .in. the United,
l{.ingdont by virtue of a diploma granted in British India, shall not J~ the prac.i-· :
tice of J;iis profession_ be subjected 'to any liability,, disability, restric'tion or con- ~.·
cllition to which persons entitled t'o,practise by virtue of diplo:rias granted in th.e •·
other, country are not subject, . ' . _ . . ' · .· · · · . . .·
. (5) The foregoing provisions of this se!;ltion shall, subject to. the niodificaflions
hereinafter mentioned, apply ill relation' to British subjects dbmiciled lit Burma
who, b} "virtue of medical diplomas granted to them 'in Burma or the United
·Kingdom, are, or are entitled to _be, registered in the Unit~d Kingdom as 't)_uali-
, :fied medical practitioners its they apply in relatfon to British subjects domiciled ..
in the United Khi_gdorn. who, by virtqe of medical diplomas granted i.n .. the United
Kingdom, 1,1,re, o:r. are entitled' to be, 'fogfatered in the United Kingdom· as.,. quali~
fied medical p·ractitioners.' . · · . . · . ,
. The. said modifications are as· 'follows, that is. to say;- .
(a) subsection (3) shall not_ apply and the reference. i:ri subsection
,..,., condition . set out. therein shall, be. deeme4 to be omitted; .
· . (b) ariy reference in subsection (2) or subsect.ion (4) fo the Uni£ed Kirigdom
,, shall be construed as a ·reference to Burma. · · · , · ,. ,
· · (6) Nothhi:g in this ~ction shall be. ~onstrued. as aff~cting any .pt>wer of o.ny
tecogni~ed authority .in the United Kingdom or British Iii.dia to suspend or debar_
any perso:i;i. from 'practice on •the ground of misoonduct, or. to remove any person ·
from n register on that ground. . · . · · . . .· : , · . · . · .
(7) In· tMs section the expression "diplorn!l-" includes any certificate, degree-,
,, feJlowship, oi'. other document or status granted to 'Persons passing e.xarninatkms.
. 121;. Officers of Indian ;Medioal _Service, etc.-A person who holds a com~ · .
miss:on frqm His Majesty as a medical officer in the Indian Medical Service pr· ,
' any other branch_ of I,Iis Majestu's Jorcies and is on. :the active lfob~hall ·by virtue · ·•
of. thut commission be deemed to be qualified to practise medicine, surgery arid
. midwifery in British India, and be entitled to be registere_d in British India· ot·
any: part thereof as so qualified. . · · , . · · .· ·
PART VJl.-ADMINISTRATlVE RELATIONS BETWEEN FED~RA'rION,
.. PROVINCES A.ND STATES.
General.
1~. Oblig_ation of units and Federation.~(!) '.l'he executive authority of every
Province and Federated State shall be so exercised as to secure respect for the
laws Qf the Federal Legislature which apply in that P:i:ovince or State.
(2) The i:_eference in subsection.· (1) of this section to .laws of the i!.,ederal
Legislature shall, in relation to any Province, include a. reference.to ;uiy existing
Indian law applying in that Province. · · ·· .,, · .· ·
(9) \.Vithout prejudice to any qf the other pl!o:visions ·of this Part of this Act, -
'in the exercise of the executive )lhthoq~y:.O,t,the Federa~ion i~ ~ny Provip.Qe or
Fed13rated State regard shall b.e had t6"'fbe mterests ofjhat PrOVllice ·or State. ·
·
1 This part came into f~rce on the lat April, 1937, under para' a, d. of I. (C. T. Prov.) o~·
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·. I
:(26 GEo~5 &·i EDw .. 18.J '<it0vernm~n;t of ind_ia A.~t. 1985. . . JCa~ 2.] .·
. 1!&, Governo.11.i(jl<e1ieral may require Governors to disoharge .certain. funoUons
-as his agents.~(l}The ·Governor-General may 'i:lirect the. Governor of 1;tl,ly .Pro•.
vlllCO"fo. discharge 3.Ef his agent, either generally or jn. a:ny partieular case, such
f~ncti_ons. i_n and in :telatfon to the tribal &reas .as m~y be specifie~ in· the
<'hrection. . · · . · . ·. · . · . , "
1
. · · (2} If ill"'any particular case it appea~ to .the Governor~General necessary
or cQn:il-enient so 'to do, he inay direct the Govei:noi· of any Province to dischfl.rge·
as hiR a.gent s_uch functions in relation to defence, external affairs, or eccJesiasti-·
. cal affairs as may be specified in the· dire_ction. · • .· · ·
-~ (3) In the .discharge of any such functions the Gove11tior shall a<it Jn his dis-·
crefaon, · · · . . , · ·
· ;J.24. Pow1w 'of FedtJ1·atidn· to oonfei: powei·s, eto., on Ptovinoe8 and ·-States
. in _certain oases.~(1)' Notwithstanding anything in this Act~ the Governor
. GEjneral
may,
with jJhe consent of the ·aovefnment of a. Provin~e _or the Rul13r
-0f u Federated State, entrust, either conditionally oi: unconditionally to that
G()vei"l:i;ment or Ruler, or to their respective· officers, functions. in relat.ion to any
.matter +o which the executive'authoritv of the Federation extends.. · .
·(2) An Act of the Federal J_,egislature may, notwit}1standing that it .relates
·to a matte1·with respect to which a:Provincial Legislatµre has no power M make
·Jaws, confor powers and impose duties
1
[ or ·authorise the eonferring of powers
_:a'.nd the imposition of duties J upol'.! a Proviri.ce or office1•s and authoritie~- thereof.
· (3) An Act of .the Fed_eral Legisl1;1.ture whic)l extends to a Federated State
· may conff31• powers and _impose duties lfor authorise the col'.lfert·iri.g of powers
and the imposition of.duties] uipon the State 01· officers anci authorities thereof.
tg be designated for the purpose by the Ruler. . · ·· ." . · · . . · .. ·. '
( 4) Whert> by yh'tue of this section powers and· duties have been conferred
or imposed upon a: Province or Federated State or officers or:authorities thereof,
fbhere shall be pai<t by the Fedl?ration ·to t4e Province or State such sum as · ·
ma;;r be agi-eed, or, in def!l-ult of agreement, as may be.determined by an.
arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice .of India:;.in respect of any extra costs
of adminfatration · incun·ed by the Erovince or State in connection with the
exercise of those f>OWers ··and duties .. _· · . · . ' · · ·
125. Ad-i~inistra#on of JzederaL A_ots ·in I:ndfrin. 19'tates.-(lf Not_writhstanding
anything in this Act, agreements _may, and, if 'Provision has been made fo that
behalf by the Instrument, of Accession. of ·the' State, shall, be 'niade b~t,ween the
Governor-GeneraVa-µd the :Ruler of a Federated State for the exercise by. the
Rtlle1· or his . officers of functions in i'ela:tion to the administration in his State . .
-of any law of.. the. Feder~l Legislature which applies therein, . ·· , _· •
t'2)' A.q agr.eement made under this section shall contain provisions· enabling · ·
the Govern9r-General in his discretion to. satisfy himself, by inspection or other-· .
;wise,
thaf t:he
administration of the ·law to JVhich the agreement relates is
carried. out. in acdordance with the policy of the Federal Government. and, if,
. he is not so satisfied, the Governor General, acting fo his' discretion, may iss1ie
tmch directions to the Ruler as he· thinks fit. ·
"
..:
(3) All courts shaJl 'take judic1al notic~ of any agreement· ni.ade under thiR
~ectiou. · · · · · · , · · · .
. · 126. Co'ntml, ·of Federation ovei· Provinoe in oertain oases.·-(1} The execu
tive authority of every Province shall -be so exercised as not to impede or -
prejudice the• e.xercis~ of the executive authority of the :Federation, and the
execut!ve authority of the Federation shall extend to th(:} givil;lg Qf such . direc-
·"" tions to a. Province -ns may appear to the Federal Government to be,neces·sary
· for
that
purpose. . . . . . . . . '.. ,
·· (2) The _executive -authority of the Federation shall .also extend to the giving ·
of directions
to a
. Province as 'to-the . carrying into execution therein o:f any
Act of the Federal' .... .. ature which relates to a. matter s<pecified in Part II
-0f the Concurrent L . ~ve _List and authorises the giving of such directions :
1
Ins. s. l., the Governmeriirnfindia. Act (Aniendment) Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6 oh, 66)
;(with
effect.from tn(i lat April,
1937) ··
..

. · ...
[Cn. 2.] G.opem11ient·etlt~diw Ao~ 1935. [26 GEo. 5. & i ~bw;'a.f_~
·.Provided that a Bill or aihendment· which proposes to author~ae _the giv~g-~ _
of any such directions as aforesai~ shall no~ be intr-0cf uce~ · hito QJ:-,ll)..9Ved :IIJ-:
eit\}er Chamber of the Federal Legislature w1.thout the previous san~tron 0£ the~,
Governor-General ·in his discretion. . . . - -. · . .:
. . (3) The executive authority of the Federa.ticfo a.hall also exteni:l. to the giving
'ot direc\iions to o, Province as to the~:Conatruction and InllintenanOQ,,,of-~e~ns
o-f connnunication declared in the direction to be of injlitary ii;ilpoi'tance:
Provided that nathing in this subsection_ shall be taken as restriCting. the
power of the Federation to construct and majritairi means of communication &s
part of its tunctions with 1·espect t.o naval, military and,~ air force works,
( 4) 1f it appears t-0 the · Governor-General that in ·any" Province effent h!l's -
not been given to any directions given under this aection, the GoverI).or
General, acting in his discretion, may issue as orders fo the GovE)rnor of that
Provinc,e .either the dh·ections previously given or those directions modified iI1.
such _manpl'-r ·as the Governor-General thinks prOlpei~. ·
(5) Without prejudice ~to~his powers under the last preceding subsectien,,,
the Governor-General,· acting in his discreti,on, mtl.y at any time issue ord~r1L
to the Governor of a Prownce as .tu the manner in wbich the executive authqrity
thereof is to be exerCised.ior Hie purpos.e of preventh1g any grave menace to
the peace or tranquillity oi India or oi any part tl~ereoL ·
. 1[12.GA. Where a Pi·oelaiilation -of: Emergency i.s in ope1•ation whm·eby the
Governor-General has declared that the security of India is threatened by war~
(a} tho e:&ecutive authority of the l!'ederation shall extend to the giving of
directions to a PrQvince as to the· manner in_ which .the executive , au.tthority ·
thereof is to be· exercised, and any directions·so_given _shall for the purposes of
_the last preceding section be deemed to be directjons given ·iihereunder ;-_
.· (b) i:my . power of _the· Federal Iiegislature to make Iaws for a :Province with:--
1·espect to a;ny matter shall include power to make laws as respects a. Province
conferring powers and imposing duties, · 01· authorising· the conferring. of pow~rs.
and the imposition of-duties, --µpon the Federation or officer_s and author~ti~s of
the Fe_det'.atioa as re.spects that matter, notwithstanding that. it is, ori.e with
respect to which the Provincial· Legislafa1re· also-has power to .,make laws :
. I>rovided tnat 'no Bill or amendment which,. yts resp1:1cts a Pi·ovince, confers
·powers
Or im'POSBS duties, or· authorises
the conferring of poWets 01'. the imposi
tion of duties, ·upon the Federation or upon officers' or authorities df the Federa·
tion in relation to such U. matter as aforesaid shall be introduced or moved
without . the. pre,
1ious sanction of the Governor-Gel;le1?al ·in his djscretion, and''
.· the Govemor-Geueral shall not ·give his sanction unless it appea1·s tO ·him tha~
the provfoion proposed to be made is a proper provision. in view '*of the nature'
of, the emergency.] . · ·
127.
Aoquiaition
of l<tnd fM F.ecleral pvrposes ;~The Federation-may, if. it
deems it necessary to acquire inly land situate in a Province foi· any purpose·
connected with a matter with respect to which the Federal Leg1slature h~s power
• to ~make laws, require the Province to acquh'e the ~land .on ·behalf, and ,at the
~xpense, of the :Federation or, if the land belongs to the :Province, to transfer
1t to the Fede~·ation on such terms' as may be agreed or, in default of agree
men~ .. as may be determined. by· an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice
. o.f Indm'. . .
.•. l'2fk Du!y of R1~ier C!f a State a8 1·eBpeots Fedoral 81fb:ie6k-Cl) The exe'cu;
~1ve a~th?nty of every. Federated Stat13 .shall be B? exercised. as not .to impede
_o_r pre;Jud1ce !he ex~rc1se of. the exec!1tive . autJ:10r1ty of .the Federation so far
·as· .it .Is e:x~1:01sable .m the State by virtue of a law Qf the Federal Legislature
which applies
therein. · ·
· .
(2) If i~ , appears to t~e Governor-G~neral. th~t the Ruler_ of . any F.ederated
Stat? has m any way fai:led to fulfil his obligations under the preceding sub-
~ct10u. · the Governor-General, acting in· his -disctetio11, may after_ considering
•
1 Jns. s. 1, tne Government
of India Act (Amendment) Act; lf)39 (2 & 3 Geo. 6, ob. 66)'-
(witb eft'eet from the !st April; 1937), · ·
·46

,.
' :(Cn. 2:] Governm:~n~ "Of India A~t. 1935. · [26 G:Eo. 5. -& lEnw. 8.]
.consisting of. such persons hi,i.virig · special knowle(J.ge and .e~p~rience. iu irrfga
ct;ion, engineriµg, administration,. 'finance . or law, as h~ · thrl)ks :fit, and requeay
, ithat Comn:dssio;n to investigate in accorda.nce 'Yith sl.ich instructions as he may
give to them;:' and to report to _him Qn, .the matters ;to whfoh the. compli;i.int
relates, Qr SUC~l of t.hose matters as he fuay r&fef: tQ them. .
{2) A Commi~sioh so appointed shall investigate the. matters referred
·.them' and present to the Governor-General a report S!;lttmg
0out ~he facts
found by them and making such recommendations ·as tb~y thi~k propel,'. .
, (3) l£ it aplj,iears to the Governor-General. upon cons1cierat!on of the Com
. mission's report that anything therein contained requires explanation; oi that
lie needs guidance upon any pohit not originally :referred by him to the Com~
niission, he may again r¢fer the matter to the Commission . for fu;rther investi·
, gation an:d. a further report. · , . .
(4) . f0r the -pm·pose of assisting a Conimissfon appoint!'d unde,r this section ·
in investigatinR any matters referred -to therr1, the Federal ,Court, if requested
by tb.e Commisskm so to do, shall make f!UCh orders~. and _issue such letters
.:of request t:Q.e · pui<poses 0£ the. proceedings of the Com'°isison ·as they· may
.make or · iEi.sue in the· exercise of the jurisdiction . of the court.
(5r After considering 'ariy report made .J;o him·. by the· Oommission
1
·· the··
"Govfir'nor.GeneraJ RhalI give· Ruch decision · and· make such· ord~r, if 'any, i:o
the, matter Of the c(lmplaint as he-may deem proper: . . .. .
Provid.ed that ii,., before the Governor~General has givel.1 any decision, the·
:Giovermnent of any Province or the Ruler of any State 11ffect~d ilequest him
so to do, he shall refer the matter to His 1 laljm;ty Jn Council ·and His Tu.l)1jesty.
' · in 'Council ~a.y give sl)ch decis~o'n and make such order; -if any, in the roatter
as he deems proper. · . . ~ . .
· (6) Effect shall be given ih any Province: or State affected to any order
made under this section_ by His Majesty· in Com,cil or the Govemor-General,
.and ·any
Act
of a Provincial Legislatme or of a State which jg l'epugnant to
. the order shall, to the 'extent of the repugnimcy, be -v.oia. · · -
(7) Subject as hereinafter provided the · Governor-General, on apiplicS:tion"
.,rna,de t<.> him l?Y the ~ove~ment of any Provinpe,, or,. the ~uler of any St~te
:a,ffected_, :n1ay at any fame, if after a reference to, and rE?port_·from, a Coblmll'}~
sion ·appointed as aforesaid he considers ·it proper so to dq, vary any · decision
or order given oi· made under this section: . · · ' · ·.
Provided that; where the applicatim1 relates to a ~decision or order of 'His
Majesty in Council an<l in any othei· 0ase ir i;he Government of any Province
·or thir Rqler of any State 'affected request hhfr so to do, the Governor•GenEfrp.l
shall ref,er the matter to His Majesty in Council, and ·His Majesty in Co:Uncil
.may, if h~ considerEi proper so to.~o, vary the decision or order. · •·
. (8) An order made by. His ·,lVIajesty in Council or the Govemor-Genei:al
·
und~r
this . section may contairt directions as· to tho Government or persons .
by whom the expenses of the . Commission a,nd any costs incurred by any ··
Province, State oi· persons in appearing before the Commission are to be'. paid, •
"~nd may fix the amount of any· expenses or. costs to be so paid, arid so fal' ·
·as it r€:llai;es to . expenses or costs, may be enforced as H it were an order·
made,.by the Federal Court. · · · . · · .. ·
(9) '.rhe functions of the Go,ve1'llor~Qeneral under this' section shall pe
· exercisf)d by him in his discretion. ·· · .
' 132. Interference ~vith water supplie:~ bf Okie./ Gonirnissianer's Province.--:
If it appears to the Governor-Genera;X that the interests, of ahy Chief .Commis~·
,sioner's Province, or of .any of the inhabitants. of such a Province, in the
water from any natural source of supply in any G:overnor's Province or Federated
·--stat.':i have been or are likely to be affected p_rejudici.ally ·by
( q) any executive action or legislation taken or passed or riroposecl to
takon or ·passed ; or . · ... • . . . ·~ ·
(l1) the failure of an,rui»tbority to exercise any of their powers,_
with respect to t11e use, distribution' or contr.ol of water from that source, lm
·may, if he in his discretion thinks fit, refer 'the m'attc:r to n Commission
48

· .. t2fi· Gjo. 5·· & i Enw. 8:] Go:Veiiifn~nf' oJ India 'A.ot,.:;1985. . TCn,: '1-T
:appojnte<l in a6coi:da:nce with l!he pfuvisions . of.:· tly:) last! prec!.'lding ' ~e(}t1on
· .,. ·~nd thereupon those provisions shall i,tpply a(3 if t}le Chief CmnmissioP,er'.a
Provi~ce' were a Goyernor's J?rovince . and. as !f a complaint . wi't.h respect to"
-the. matte:i.-had 'been made n_y the Go,vernment Qf that Province to the Governor-·
General.·.· · ·
133. ffuriBdiotion of Courts e:t:oluded.-N:otwithstanding anything in ·~his
4ctt neither the Federal Court nor any other court' shall have. jurisdietion t.o
~ntertaiu any action or suit fo respect of any · matter if action· .. in respect of
iib,jt matter might have been taken under· any of the three. last' preceaing section•
by the Government of a Province, the Ruler of a Sta.ts, or the Governor·*
1
Getteral. · .~ ·
.13(% Ruler of ~t;~te may. exc!'ijde . applica~ion ~f pr?VifliQ1(8 a11 to w(J,per
"'upply:-The prov1s1ons contamed Ill this Part o~ this ~ct with respect to
~nt(lrferehce with water supplies shall :-not apply m n;ilat10n to any. Federated
:State· the Ruler whereof has declared in his Instrument of A,ccession that those
provisio~s are not to apply-in relatio~ to his , State. . ·
- Inter-Provincial Co-operation. . . . .. ·.·
~· 135. Provisions with respect to a,n lntcr"ProvinciaZ Oauncil,-'-:If, at. any time
it· app,,ears fo'Hia ~ajesty upon consideratfon of representatiOns addressed fo
.him by the Governot~General. that the public interests would be served by the
.:establish1nent of an Inter-Provincial Council ·charged with the duty 0£.:L
. (•i) iuquiring into arid ad'\'ising u,Pon •disputes. which msy ~ave atjsen between
Provinces; · . · . · · · ·. · .
{!J)' investigating and discussing subjects "in which some or all of ~he Pro
vinces, or the Federation and orie" or more of. the Pl'ovillces, have a common
.interest; or _ · ' .
(o)
rnaking recominendations upon
.any such,. subject and, in parti(}ular,
reconune.ndat.ions for the better co~ordina~ion of policy and acliion .with. reS!ptiGt
w that. subject, .. . . . . .
it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to establish such a Council, an.d·
tic? .define the na,ture of the· duties to be· performea by it and its organisation
.,and procedure. · . · . . ' · . : ··
.An Order establishing any" such Council;may .make provision'. for represeniia
·tives
of Indian Statei'!'to participate
in the ivork of the Council.
"1- • '
J.>ART vn1 . ....:..FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS ANDA~:UITS.
. CHAPTER I.-FINAN(;JE. ' .
Distribution. of Revtlniics betwee11, the Federation and fke, Ji'ederal Units.
186. Mea:ning of "revenue8 of Feaeration" 1ind "revenue8 of Province''.
:Subjf\9t to the following provisions of this chtJ.pter with respect .t~ the assign
ment of. the whole or part of the net proceeds of. 0ert~in taxes·. and duties :to
Provmces an<i Federated States, an(!.· subject to. the .provisions of, this Act with
ect .to th~ Federal Railway A.uthority, .the e:i;pression "revenues of the
~on" includes aU*revenues and public I!lOneys raised or received by the
Federation·, and the , expression "revenues of the Province" includes all reve·
nues and public moneys raised or received, by a Province ..
· 187. Certain succession duties, ·stamp duties, terminal taxes and trux:es on
ares and rei hts.-Duties in respect-of succession to property other than
l!ral land, such stamp duties as a1:e mentioned in th~ Federal Legis
LISt, tm-u:!llal
~axes·
on good~ or passengers carried by railw1:1-y, or air,,
and :tax_es on railw?-y fares an~ ir~1ghts; shall h.e levied an.d · collected
1 by the
Fe~eration, .but the net proceeds 1.n ·-any fiuanmal year of any such duty or
t~x, e~cept . ID .so far, as those proceeds re-present· proceeds attributable to Chief
<:omm1ss1oners · Provmces, shall not form ·part .. of the revenues of the Federa.
t1on,., b.ut shall .be assigned tq the 'Provinces and to the Federated States, ;J!
• • . • f"1 - !
._. l ...
1
,
This pa.r.t CJ,ue
into fo1;ce on tho lat April 1937, under para S, G of V(O~ T. Pl'ov.) o: "'
· ·:-) ~· ~ Sd ofS+q (hc,,,I!h. 7., 49 . . .. .

;·-
[Oil. ~.]· Goyeriiment~fbiilia Ad, 1935, · ... f26~m:0;·5·&-.i:!EJ)w .. Klr
. a~y: \vithin \
1hich' that duty or :tax :is~ leviablein -th&t year, ;and sh~ll ;be ;dis-~
tribufod.umoriC. the Provinces and those States in accordance wit~ such prmc1ples-,, ·
· · · of -distribu,tion°:as may be -formulated by Act of the Federal Legislature: ·
-.
P~ovided
that the Federal Legislature may at any :time illcreas~ any of the
said duties or taxes by a surc_harge for Federa_l purppses and the whol~ pro~eeds.
·of fmy such surcharge shall form part of the ·revenues of the Feder~t10n~.
118~ Taxes on income.~(1) Taxes· on income other than: agricultur_al inco1n~
shall be ievied and. collected •by the Federation, but a . prescribed. percentage
of the net procee.9-8 in any financial year of any such tax, except i:p_ . so far as-.
~ose 1froceeds represent proceeds attributable to Chief-Co:vnnis.sioners' Pro
vinces -'or to taxe_s payable in respect of Federal emolum(UJ.ts; shall no~ form -
part of the revenues of the Fed{lration, buf shall be assigned to tl;ie Provinces
and bo the. Federated; S~ates, if m1y; within w~1ch' that :tax is leviable in ~hat
year, and shall be du~tr1buted among the Provmces and those States 1n .such
maniier as may be prescribed :
_ Provided thi:it-:--? · · ..
(a) the p-ercentuge 01iginally prescribed :Under this subsection shall not be
increased by a,ny subsequent Order in Council; . . .. ,,, .....
(b) the Federal Legislatii're ma'§ at ·any ~ime increase the said taxes ·by a
surcharge for Federal purposes an~: the' whole proceeds of any su.ch surcha,rge. -.
'slii~H fonri part of the revenues of tlie Federation.,
•
1[For the pui·poses of this subsection; in .each :fihancial year· one per cent.-,. -
or such other -percentage as may b~_ prescribed, of so much of the nE;it proceeds
of taxtis on iricome as does not ·represent the net proceeds 0£ taxes payable in:.
respe
1lt of ~l!'eqeral emoluments shall be deemed to reipresent proceeds attribu"•
table to Chief Comn1issionel's'.-Proi.iinces.] , . · • · · . . ~ -
(2) Notwithstanding anythirig in the prec'ediiig subsecti01i, the Fedei:atfon ·
maoy · retain out of the moneys assig11ed by that subsection to Provinces an&
States- · · . . -
· •(a) in each year of a pre!:\cribed period such sum as may be prescribed 1[or;,
;if it i1fso iprescribed, the whole ofthose·moneys]; a,nd . · . • , ·· ..
(h) in eacl1 year of a further prescribed period a sum tess than that retained; _
in the preceding year by an. amount, being the ;same amount fa each· year; so,
calculateil ·that the sum, to be retained in the last year· of the perfod will be:
equn] to" the amoimt of mwh such annual redticti-On : . .
Provided -that_::_: - ·
(i) neither of the periods originally prescribed shall be 1.;~duced by any sub-·
sequent Order in Council; , . . .
'-. (ii) the, :Governor-General in his discretion may in any .. year of the . second
prescribed period direcf that the sum to be retained by the Federation in that
year shall be the sum retained in the pi·eceding year, arid that the· second -
presci:ibuq period shall be cQrrespo~dingly extended, but he shall not give any
such direction except after consultation with such representatives of Federal,.
Provincial
and
$tat·e interests as he riiay think desirable nor sliall he giye any -
such direction unless he is satisfied that the maintenance ~f the financial stability,
of the Fed.era} Government niquires him so to~ do.' .
(3) Where an Act of the Fedei·al Legislature imposes a surcharge for Federal
purposes under this section, the Act shall provide for the payrhent by each
F~derated State in which taxes oi1 -income are not leviable by the Fe9-erati0n
of a coutribution to the revenues of the Feder~tion assessed .. on such baf,lis a.!! .
may be prescribed with a vi{lw to securing that the contribution shall bi;i thfr ·.
-equivalent, us near 9,s may he, of the net proceeds which it is· estimated would .·
result from the surcharge if it were leviable in that State, ;md 'the Sta,te shall -
become _liable to pay that contribution accordingly. ·
( 4) In _ thiF section-
. ''tfxes (>ll income" does not include ~. corpo~~tion ta.x;
··,· .. -
1
Ina s• l, t~e India, und. Burma {'~IIii>cellaneous Atnend~enta) Act, 1940. (3 & 4 Geo. 6; ch 5~·
' .. 50 .. ;,

1 • ·i
\"
.{ 26. 0Eo. ~ & 1 E:ow. S.J Govl;lnt1nent. oj India Aot, I935; ~ . ·
· ·~prescrib!3d" rneillis prescribed by His M!:l;jes:ty in Council; and '
[em 2.]
...
· "·Federal emoluments" includes all emoluments and pensions' payable· out .
·of
therevenues of
the Federatio[l or of the Federal Railway Authority in respect , ,
.-Of which inconie~tax is chargeable. . .· · , ·. ·
139~ ·corporati,mi tax.~(l)' Corj>oration tax sh~ll not he .levied by the
i'ederation in any Federated State until ~en years have elaipsed from the estab~
lishment -0f the Federation. . .. · ·. ·
. (~)· An;},1j~deraJ law providing for the levying 0£ corp.oratio:i .tax shall contain
provisiuns. enabling the Ruler of any Federated State m :vhrn.h the tax '\Vould
.otherwise he leviable to elect that the tax shall not be levied m the State, but
.that in lieu thereof there sh,all be paid by the State to the revenues of the F~dent
· ·tion a contribution as near as may. be eq\livalent to the net proceeds w}m}bv1t
'.is estimated would result Jrom·the tax if it were li;ivied in the State; ..
. . J3) Where the. Ruler of a Stat.e so el~.cts as afotesaid, the ·officers of ~he . ·
]'ederation shall nQt ·call f()r any mformat1on or-returns from. any corporat1-0n
·in the: State, but it shall be-the duty of the .Ruler thereof to cause to be sup
,plied ·to the A':.ditor-?erieral 0£,, India ~uch information, as the A~ditc:r-GenerAl
may reasonably reqwre to enable the amount of any suc:h contr1but10n to be
· .determined. · ·. · , · · . ·
If th~ Ituler· of a State· is dissatisfied with the determinatibh. as .to . the.
· ~moun~ of the 13ontribution payable by his State in an:>: financial· year, he may
.appeal . to · tl\e Federal Court, and. if he . establishes to the satisfaction of that .
. .
~Court that
the amount determined is~ e~cessive, the Court shall reduce the
amount ,accordhigly and no o,ppeal shall lie from 'the decision 0£ the Court on
the appeal. · . · · • ·. . . ·
140. Salt duties1 exoiBe. ~uties and export .cluties.-(1) Duties on. saft, .federal
:dutfos of excise an(!. 'export duties. :shall be levied. aml colfocted by the ]federa""
tion,
but,
if an ·Act of the ~,~deral ~egislature so r.rovides, there .shall be paid »
.out of the 1·even.ues of the J:iederat10n to the,Provmces and to the Federat'ed .
States, if any, .to whicll tht-Act irnposiug the duty extehqs, sums equivalent ·
to the wh?le. or any part of the_net ·proceeds of that duty, and those sum.a·
shall b& distributed among thP Provinces. and those States in accordance with
suQh IJrincip1es of distribution as may. be fol'l:nulated l:iy the .Act. . · · ·
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the p1'&ci,eding subsection, one ·half, or such
1
greate1: proportioh as His la.icisty ill Council may determine, of. the net prO.:
-ce.eds m ench year of a!ly export duty on jute q1• jute products shall·not form
part of the reven.ues of tlre Federation, but shall be assigned to the P'royinces
or Fedei·ate~ St51otes in which jute is. grown in propo1'tio
1rto the respective
:.~mounts of. JU~e· grow~1 therein. · . . .. . . ·.
141. Prior sanction of Govemar.:Genemi requi1·ed to. Bill8 affecting ta;catfon
-.in
whfvh ,P1·ovi'tt-O.es are tnterost.13d.-(l)
No Bill or -amendment which imposes or
varies any· tax or duty .in which Provinces are interested, ·or which varies the
meaning of the . expression ., agric-ultural income'' as defined for ·the •purposes of
the enactments relating to Indian income tax, or which affects the principles·
on which "uncler any of the foregoing-. prov.isions of this ~haptei' moneys are or
may be distributitble to Provinces or States, or which imposes any such ]'ederal
surcharge as is ·mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this chapter, shall be
introduced or 1110 ed either · Qhamber of the J~e(leral Legislature except witlj
.thj:! previous sanction the Governor~Geneml in bis disCl'etion. , .
. '(2) The Governor~General shall n<>t ·give his danction t~ the inti:oduction of
. ali.Y Bill or the moving ?f any amendment imposing in any year any such
l<'ederal SUrCharge 0,S aforesnid UnleSS he lg Satisfied that all 'practicable CCOnOmiAS
and ail practicable measures for otherwise fncrea:'}ing the pro_eeeds of F.ederal ·
taxatiqn or the portion thereof retainable by tP,e Federation. wouln r...ot result in
ihe balant:iing of Federal receipts and .expenditure on revenue. account in~that
,ye:w.
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"'·-r··-_:·
Ici;>2.J Gove~nment of India Act, 1930., [26 GEO. J? & l El>W. 8.J
(3) In this section the exp_ression. "tax o~· duty in which Provinces l•~e in-
terested" means--:- · -. ..• . . . · ,
(a)a j;ax or duty the whole orp,art of the nef proceeds wlie~eof a,re assigbed~
~ .any Province: or · . · · '. ·. · · · · . ·
(b) a Lax or duty by reference to tht: net-prriceE)ds whereof sums are for the
time being payable out of the revenu13s of the-·Federat~on to any~ Prov~ces; · ~.
142. Grants from ,Federation tp certain P.rovinoes.-Suc~ imms as may be
prescribed by Hit Majest·y in. Council shall be charged on the revenues of the
11
..
Federation in each· yea.r a,s grantscin-aid, of the revenues of such· Provinces all;
. His Aiajesty may -determine to be in nei:id of assistance, a11d,1
1
different sums lllay
be prescribed for different Provinces : --... , . · · ·
Provid~d that, except in the case of .the. North...-West F.tcmtier Prov)nce, no
~. gtant fi:x;ed: under this section shall·be ,i.llcireaaed b:y a· subsequent Ord~r •. unless:
an address h~s been presented to the Governor-General by both Ohamb~r_s ·of, ·
the Federul.Li:gislature for subJ,ilissiori ~o His Majesty praying :tha~ 'the increase' · ·
may b6 ntadc. . · · ·· .
l[l42A .. Taxes, on professions., ttades, oallings anfl vmploy·men#.~(l) Not-
wjths~~mcliug anything in .section one h'undred of this /Act, no Provindal law
· , rela.Ling to·taxes1or the .benefit .of a Province or of a n'}unicip~ity, d.isti:ict board,.
· lo0al board .J!' other local authority therein in respect of professio~, ~trades,_ ·
callings or employments shall be invalid oh the ground that it relates to a ~ax:
on inoome. · ·· .· · .. · ' . .·. ·
(2). The totiil amount payable in respect of any one tpersori to. the -Provmcs
-0r to. un.y one municipality, district board, local board; or other loeal authority
· hi 'the _Province by way of taxe.s on professions; trades, calling~ and_ emplOymenj;s:
shnll uot; after the thirty-first day of March nineteen hundred and thirty-nine,.
exceed :fifty rupees per annum : . · · . · . -
. Provided that, if. hi the finap:eial year ending with tpat date there was in,
forcel!!i.:i the case of any Province or any. suc'h· municipl:ility, board or authority
a tax or. professions, traf!es, callings or employm1mts the rate, or the m::pdmuID>
ritte, of which . exceeded fifty rupe~s per ·annum, the · prec_eding · prdvi.Sions of
this subsection . shall, unless for the . time bejng provision to th~ contrary · fa,
made by a la~· of. the Federal Legislature, have. effect in relation to that Pro;.,
yince, municipality, bo&rd or authority as if for the reference to ·fifty rupees:
per annum there were substituted a reference-.to that rate. or, piaxim:uin rate,
or such lower rate, if any (being a rate gr~ater than.f:Hty rupees per annum) ..
as may for -phc time being be fixed' by a lawofthe Fed-eraL Legislatilre.; and
any lnw of the Federal J,,egislature made for any of the purposes of this proviso,
·.may be made either generally· or in r.elation to any s:pecified Provinces, munici~
palities,, boards 01:. a-µthorities. . . '""· ·• ..,··· ·
(3)
The.
fact that the ·Provincial Legislature h.as power to mak~ laws as
aforesaid with respect to taxes on professioris, trad~s. callings. and employments.
. shall not ]:>e . construed-as' limiting, in relatfon to __ professions, trades, callings
and employments, the generality of the entry in the Fede.ral Legislative J,ist
relating to taxes on income.] . . · ; . . . .
· 148. Savings.-(!) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of thie chapter affects•
uny duties" or taxes le"'.ied in ahy Federated State otherwise than:. by .virtue _of
an Act of the Federal Legishi.ture applying in the State, ,
(2) Any taxes,, duties, cesses or fees wJiich; immediately before the com
mencement of Part III of this Act, were being lawfully levied by any Provineial
Government, mU:nici'pality or other local authority or body for the purposes-
0:£ the Provinc'e-, municipality,\. district. or other local ar~a undei· a law in force·
on tpe first day of Ja.nuary, nineteen hundred .and thirty-five,2 may, notwith~
standing that those taxes, duties, ceases dr fees are mentioned in the Federal'
Legfalative List, continue to be levied and to be applied to the same purposes.
· tJntil provision to the cmitrary is rnade by .the ·Federal Legislature ..
1
Ina. ·s.
2
, the India.and Burma (Miecellaneoµs Amendments) Aot., 1D4() ( 3 & 4 Geo~ '6, ch. fl.)'
•To bo oonatruodua reforonoo to tho li;>t April; 1087 Jor ( poribd of two yoarp thoroaftOl"
under para .. 8 of the I. B. (T. P.) Q.
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(~6'GBo,: 5 &.J Enw. 8.) Governme1rt of lndiaAot,l93J). ,'. ·:. ~°:H· 2.] _
.· l.44. Oaloulation J>f ''net prooeeds," eto,-'(1) In phe _for~go1ng prov!slons of:.
this chapter "net proceeds." means i~ ·relation
1
to llny tax or_ duty th.e pro?~eds
thereo£reduced by the. cost 0£ collection, and £0r :th~ 'Purposes 0£ those prov~10ns
the 11et ,proc~ds of any. tax or duty; °.r 0£ any par~ 0£ any :t~x or ~duty; 1n or·
attribut!!;bfo to. any !µ'ea shairoe ascertamed ·and· c.erbified by the Auditor-General
of India, whose certificates shall be final. ·· . · . · .... l
. (2) Subject as a£oresaid, and tQ any other express· provisjon oft~i~ chapter,_
an . Act 0£ t]Je FedE;iral Legislature may, in. any case where· under, tlus PllXt of
this Act th<:f proceeds of any duty 6r tax ar..:y or may be, assigned to any> Pro-.
vince or
State,
or a contribution is, or may be, made to the revenues 0£ the·
-Federation by any State, provide £or t:\le manner in which" the. proceeds nLariy
duty or ta.x and the am.punt of any contribution are to be caJcu1ated, for . the·
times in ealili year, and the manner at and in .which any paymants are to be:
:mad.a, for the making of adjustments· between one financial '>year and another,
m:id for any other incid,:mtal 01• ancillary J:llatters.
°'J1Jio dt()Wft. and ·tho s-tatea. ·*
145 .. Expenses o.fthe Orow..n in connectfo1i:with: Indian States.-'rhere sliall'
bh paid to His Majesty by· the Federatiori. i:n each year the sums stated by H1s.
Majesty's Reipresentative. for the exercise of the fl!p.ctimis. of tha·Crow:r;i in its
relations. with Indi!J,n ·States to be , required, whether on ~evenue account or
otherwise, for the discharge· 0£ those fu~ctions, including ~he making of. any
paymeu~s in respect of any .customary allowances to mertlbers of t4e family
or servaitts of any former Rul(:)r of. any territories in India. · . .
· ·. 1415. Payments fl'om 01· by Indiari, State8;...,...All .cash contributions ·apd pay
ments in respect of loans and other payments due from or by any Indian Stafo
whreh, if' this Act had 11ot been passed, would have .formed -part of th<:l revenues
of India, shall be -received .by His ;M~jesty, and shall if His Majesty has SQ-
. directed, b9 placed at the disposal of the"'Federation, but nothing in· this Act
shall derog&te from the rjght of Jlis ·Majesty, if he thinks fit so to do, to remit
at any tillie the whole or any part of any such contributions or payments.
, 147. Remission of states' c01it1ibutions.~(l) Subject to th~ provisions 'of:
SUQsection · (3) of this section,·. Hi!! Majesty may, .in signifying his. acceptii,nce ·
0£ the Instrument· of. Accession; of a S.tate, agree 'to remit over a period not
exceeding twenty · years · from the date 0£ the accession of ]he· State .to the , ·
Fecleratiou any c.ash contributions payabl"'-by that State. . . · ·· . · · < '
. (2) Subject as aforesaid, where ·any territorfes have been. voluntarily ceded:
to th.e 0l'ow11. bar a Federated State · Qefore the pas~ing of· tl1i8~ AC~ . / ·
(a) in retur.rdor specifie military guarantees, or . · ·.· · .
. (b) in return for the discharge of the State from obligations 'to provide
militar;y: assistance, · . · . , .. · · . · ~ .
. there shall, if His Majesty,. in signifying. his acceptance o:f .the. Instrument. 0£.'
Accession of that State, so _directs, be paig to that State, but in the' firi:~t~meri
tionP.d caHe on condition that the said guarantees are waived, such. sums as in
the o.piniol! of His Majesty ought to be paid in respect of any ·such cession as··
aforesaid. . . · . . . ·. . · . . ·
(B) N otwithstanL'l.ing· anything in this section- · . ·
(a) every such agreement or direction as aforesaid shalFbe such as to secure
tliat no such remissi0n or 'Payment shall ·be made by virtue of the agreement
. or ·directir.n until the Provinces h.ave begun to receive moneys Under the section
11 • of this chapter relating to taxes on in.come, and, in the case '0£ ·a remission,
that the remission shitll be complete before the expiration of twenty years from ,
the date of the accession to the Federation of the State in question, or be£0re·
the. ~nd of the aeeond prjilscribed period referred to in subsection (2) of the said'
seotion
1
: whfohover fil'trli occurs ; and· . · · ·
(b) no contribution shall be remitted by virtue of i,i,ny such agreement save .
in so far as jt exaeeds the value of any privilege or immunity enjoyed by the:
State ; and ' ... · · · ""
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. . .
. ' nbi~ 2;) . . Gqverntnent <ifimlia Act, 1935. (26 GEO. fj & .1 EDW •. '
.•. . . {~) in fixing ~he amount of any p{!yments ju. resptlet. of ced~.d terri~ori
: -ileeount shaU be taken of the, value of.any such prjviltige or immunity,. · ..
( 4)' This se~tion shall ap'P!y in the ease of ally easE eontributions t
liability for. which has before the passing oJ thia Act ·been discharg~d· by :p
mer.it of a capital sum or sums, arrd aceordingly His Majesty may agrEJe . _
the eapital sum or sums so paid shall be repaid either by instalments Qr oi:
wi8e1. and ~uch repayments shall be deemed to be remissions for. the purp
~-· o0f this seetron. · - . . . · .
(5) In this chapter ''cash contributions-'' ineans-.· -. . . .. .
(a) periodical contributlons in aekriowledgment of. the suzerainty of ·
· ·· .. Ma,iesty, iricluding eo~tril:nxtions paya_ole ~u c01:uection with /a_ny fl'rrim;ls"-mi · .
. . for the 'lid and protect10n.o( a· State by His MaJesty, and contributions m c
.
nmtatioli
of any· obligatfon · of a State to provide. lnilitary .· assistance .to·
Majesty, oi hi respect~of the maintenanc~ by l:Iis_ Majesty. of ~-.special for.c.e
. service in cormectfon witb a . State, or Ill respect of· th;e maintenance of l
n1ilitary forces or polioe, or ill r,esJ>ect of the expenses of ari agent; .
. (b) .periodic.al c.o~tribu:J;ions fixe~ on t~e cre,atjon or .restoration of a Sta ·
,._or on a re-grant or' increase of terr1t01~y, . mclud~ng -annual payments for g .
. of land on iperpetual tenure or f9r equalisation of the vahle of exchanged territ .
(a) periodical cimtributiorn' formerly payable W another Sta~e but n
payabl-3. tO His Majesty b:y right of conquest, assignment or hipse. .. .·
. (6) In, this .chapter·".privilege odm:tnunity" means i.tny such right, privi
.· advantage or immunity _of a financial character as is lrereinafte1• n:10ntioned, th
is .to say- . .. . . . . . . · .· .
(a) rights, privileges or advantages in_ ].'.espect of,. or connected with., t.
Jev,ving o.f !l'ea customs br the production and s~le of untaxed salt;· .. ·
(b) sums -receivable in respect of the abandonrnen,t or surr~uder of the r.ig
to levy internal customs duties, or to
1produce or _,manufacture salt, or to
\salt or oth~r commodities or· goods in transit, or ·.sums ·receivable in lieu
grants of free salt; · . · ·
(e)
~he annual value ~o
the Ruler of any privilege -or terl'it()ry granted ,
:respect of the abandonment or surrf3nde~ .. Of any such l'ight as is . wention
• in the last preceding p.aragraph; . · · _ , . .
(cl). privileges in· i·espect of free service stamps or. the free catriage of ·St
mails on government business;_ ·
(ej tho privilege of entry free from customs duties of .goods imported by
· .and transported. in bond to the State in qm;istion; am1
(j) the rfght to issue 'currency notes, . . . . . .
·not b~ing a right, . privilege; a;J.va~tage· or ~!lt~~11i_~: .. surr~i1dered upon t···
: access10n of the State, or one which, m the opm10n of R1s },faJesty, for any ot
ren.son ought riot to be taken in~ account for the purposes ()f this chapter·;
(7) An Instrument of Accession of a. State shall not be deemed to be suitab
for acceptance by His Majesty, unless it contains sl,li:lh ·particulars as ~ppear
Ris Majesty to be necessary to enable due effect to._be given to the provisions
thi.;; and the n¢xt but one succeeding secti@s, and in particufar provision f
, determining from time. to time the value to be attributed for. the purposes of .th
provisfons to any privilege or immunity the value of which ·js fluctuating or
· ee1·tain. · ·
.. 148 Oertai11, payments to F~il<n:t;tted St<ttes, ete., to be charged on Ped
· re-v.c1iues . .:-Any payments·made. under the last preceding section and any p
mentsc heretofore moile to any State by the Governor-General in .Council· or
any Local Government. under arty agreements made .with that State before
passiri1f of
this
Act, shall"'be charged oi1 the revenu~s of tlie F.ederation .or 011
revenues of the corresponding Province under this Act, as the case may Pl2·
149. ·value of p1ivilege.~ and ini1i.iunit1e8 to be sot off agains-t·sh;1·e o(t ·
etc .. aBBigned to Fedemted BtateB.-Where under the foregoing provisions of
· cliapter there is made .in any year by thf! Federation to a Federated Sta:to a
payment or distribution of, or calculated by reference to, the net proceeds of a
.'M .

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. . . . . .. . . ·' . . .. . . . . . f . . ., .. . .. . ., .. . ; • ... .. ' ..
~l26 Gl!io. ti & 1 :Epw. 8'. J' .Oovernm'6nt of lnclia :Aot, l9S5, · · · · [C'R. ~:l
duty or tax, t.he ·value in and ftlr that y~ar. of' any privilege or :immunity e~jo;y:ed,
. b,Ji that State in respect of any former or existing source, of revenue f,rom. a a1m1_lar
<luty cir tax .or from goods'bf the same kind, being a privilege or ~mmlunty wb1eh
. · has not been otherwise taken into account shall, if and in SQ far IJ.S the .A,ct of
'.the ·.JToderai Legil?lature-urnler wi'iich tb.e payment or disb:ib.ution ·is made. so pro-
' vides; be set off against the paym~nt or distrib_ution. · · ·. . · ·. · . ··
Miscellaneous Financial Provisions. · ' ·.· · · ·
150. Expe'nditurf} defrayable out of ln(1.ian rev6nues.-(1) No burde_n shall be
·' imposed on the revenues of the Federation or the Provinces e±ct1pt for the pur-·
poses of India or some part of India. · ' ' · .
. . (2) Su.bje6t .as aforesaid, the Federation or a Province mi?y make grants for .
: :any purpose, notwithstanding that the purpose is notone with, respect to which.
· the .'Federal or the Provincial Legislature, as the case 1i:iay be, may :rrtake laws .
. · 151. Provisions as to t_he cuBt'o.dy·of public mon.eys.-(1) :Rules may be made ·
·
by thB
Governor-General and by the Governor .of a Province. for the purpose of
· s~~cming that all moneys received en account of the reveriues of' the Fed<;lfation
<0r of the :Pmvince, as t'.qe QaSEI may bf:'.I, shall; with. Sl\cJ;i e:icceptions, if any ~s __
·~lay be specified in the rules, be pa.id into the public a~coi.int .of the Federatfon.
01· oft.ho Province, ~nd the rules so made 111a;y prescribe, or authorise some pe'rl:ion
to prescribe; the pr<icedure to be followed in 'respect ·bf the payment of moneys
into the said account, the withdrawal of mone,ys therefrom, the custody . of ..
moneys therefa, and any other matters cpnnected with or ancillary to the matters .
. aforesaid. . . · · ·
. ' (2) In foe exercise 0£ his _powers under this section the Governor~_Genernl or
a Governo.r shall e:li!'ercise his individual jµdgment. .
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l,52. Exercise. by Gov6Toor-G6neral of oe-rtain powers tvitlt. i>eBpect te Reserve
Bank:-:-(1) The functions of t'he _Oovernor-Gen_eral iyith i:espE'Ct to .the following
tnatt<:)rs shall be ~xercised -by him in his ·discretipn, th,at is to say-
. (a) th<:" appointment and removal from oftice of the Governor and Deputy
·Governors· of the J!.eserve . Bank of India, the approval. of. their· salaries· and.
:allow~nces, and the fixing of their terms of. office; · . · . ·
(b) the appointment ·of an officiating Governor or. Deputy Gov.ernor of the
J3ank; , . . · -. · . · .. , .
(c) tile supersessfon of the Central Board of the Batik ~nd any. action conse-..
-qnent thereon; and · · · ·
· -(d) the liqui(iati6n of the Bank. . . . .
. ' \2) In nominatl~g directors. of the Reserve
1
Bank of Iridia and .in removing ·
· 'from office any directo.r nominated by him, the G9vernor#OeneraI sh.all exercis.e.
, ·his ind.~vidual judgment'. . · ·
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153. PreviouB . sanction of Gov6rnor-Ge·neral to legislation with respect to
Reserv6 Ba:nk, currency and coindge.-lifo Bill or amendment which affec6s -the
·coinage or currency of the Federation or the constitution OJ;' functions of the
Iteserve,Bank of India shall be intl'.oduced into or moved in either Chamber of
the F$deralLegislature without the previous sanction of the ,Gov:ernor-Gen¢ral '
'in his discretion. ·
· 154. Exemption of certain public praperty, from taxafion.-:-Pr~petty · vested
in His Majesty for purposes of the government of the Federa~fon shall, save iri
·so far as any Federal law may otherwise provide, be exempt. from all taxes im·
posed by, or by any !,\uthority within, a Province or Federat.ed State.:
Provided · th:a~, until any Federal law otherwise -provides, any pro:perty so
~ested which was im::nediately. before the 9ommencei;nent. of Pµ,rt. III. o~ this. Acu
1iable, or treated as h1'1-ble, to any such tax, shall, so long .as that tax continues,
eonLinue to be liable, or tQ be treatM as liable, .thereto.
1[154A. EaJen,iptionB from taxes on electricity.-Save ill so :hw .as any :federal
hw may otherwise provide, no Provincial law orilaw of. a. Feder~ted Stat~ shaJl
l;inpose, or authorise the imposition of, a tax on the consumption or sale 6£
· 1 I.ris, s. 8, the I.ridia and Burw-a (Miscellaneous "'-IJntirmn:itiurn1n Act~ 1940 (3 & 4 Qeo. 6, ch. 5,
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[OJI .. 2.]. · . ' : Govemni~'lit ~j Indid, A.ct; ~~$5.
(elBc\J,"icity (wheth(!~produce<! by ·a Govern..ment;o~oth~r persons) · .. u.•.,,J.J•·•"·,.._,
/ · · (<.;} eonsu:µ1ed by the J!;ed~ral Government, .or sold t6 the Federal uo1ve:rn,1·.uenl
fo~ conaum1jtion 'by that Gov:erni:nent; or ' .
(b J ccinsumed in th~ constructkn, . maintenanc~ ,; or operation of a F!iderat .
.fl,llilway by the; Federal R11ilway ·Authority or a ·railway cornpaµy operating
that railway, or sold to that Authority or any such railway company for consump-·
ti.on in the construction, maintenance or operation of a F~deral Railway; . .
and ~ny <such law imposing, or authorising the imposition of, a tax on the sale
of .electricity shall secure that· the .price lof electricity sold to the ~"ederal· Gov~
ernment for consumption by that. Government, or to the Federal Railway Autho
r.ity. or auy Slfch railway coinpany, as1.'aforeS!:!-id for consumption in the construe"
tiori, maintenance or.operation of a Federa1Railway, shall .be less by the amount
" · ·of the tax than the price charged to other consumers of a· substantial quantity:.l;)f ·
electricity. l . · · · . · · . . . ' • ·
. . . .... . . . - ' - . . . . ' I . . • - :
·. l'f'.)5 .. E3:emption of Provincial Gopernmenta aniL Rulers of Federated Stat~&<
in 1'espect ofc F'ederaUareation.-(1) Subject as hereina£ter provided; th~ Govern-
• #ierit of a Pl'Ovine@ and the Ruler of ·a Fede:rnt~d State shall ii:ot he Jiu.ble., tp •
Federal, taxnt~on Jn respect .of lan'ds or .buildings situate in British' I:1rdia. or
income. accruing, arising or received in Britisli India;;
. . Provided that-. . . . . . . . . . ,
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,
.;
·· .
(a) where a ti;ade or business of any kind is carried on by or· on behalf of.thei
. Governmenh of a Province in any· part of British India outside that Province
·. by a Ruler in any part of British India, .nothing iri this subsf)ction shalt msempt .
that Governmerit or Ruler fi:om ·any ][eQ.eral taxation.in respect. of that trade or.
business, or any operaliions connected therewith~ or any income a::ci~ing' in cannec-.
· tion therewith, OJ;" !lny property oycupied for the purposes thereor; . . .
i' {l.1) no1;hing ill this subsection shall e:;Kempt a Ruler from any Federal taxation
in respect of any lands, buildings or income being his personal property or
personal iqcome~. · ' · · · · ·
. . (2) Nothing .. in · thi~ Act .affects any-exemp~ion from taxation enjoyecl as of
. right at the passing' of this . Act by the Ru~er of an Indian· State in respect of
any Indian Government securities issued before that date.
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.. , .
156. Adjustment .in respect. of o~rt~in eipe~ses .and p~n?ion,s.-Where,t~der
thu provisions of this Act the expenses of any GoUrt.or commission, or the. pension
payable tQ or }n respect of a person who has served under the Crown in India,
are chgl.·ged on the revenues of the Federation or the revenues of a Pi;ovince, ·
then if- ·
(a) iri t;h.e c~se of (;I. charge on the revenue~ of the Federation, th~"cO:urt or
· co_rnmission ·serves any of the separate needs of a Province, or the person has·
serv,;d wholly orin part in connection with the affairs of a Province; vr . .
. (~) h the c~se of a; charge on the revenues of a Prqvince, the court ot eom
niission serves any of the separate needs of the 'Jfederation or another 'Proyin~;
or the person has served wholly or in part in· connection with the affairs, of the
FEderation or another Province, · · . . · .
there shall be charged on and paid ~ut of the rev9nu~s of the ]?rovirico or, .
th,.,, case may be, the revenues of the l"ederation: or of the· other Prqvince'. such
contribution in respect of the expenses or pension as may be agre1;1d, or as :may
in default of agreement be determinel:l by an arbitrat9r to be appointed by ~he
ChieLfustice of India. , · . · · · . · , ,
l5T. Duty. of. Federation and Provir+ce8..-to suriply Secretary of State · wit
fun.ds . .....:...(1) The Fe~eration and .. every Province shall secure that there are fro
time to time in the hands of the Secretary of Bta.te. sufficient moueys lo .enabl
}lim
~o ma,ke .Such
payments ,as he may have to make in t'esuect of any linbilit
which falls fo be met out of the revenues ·of the Feder~tion or of the Province as_;
· the cilEJe may be. ·
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~: .. ~"'"'•~·<r""V~•""=-.-·< "'-''?« ~·:;~'":~~~.:~;-~:.:,:2~.,.~;:;.~,;_,._~N':"_--,-"'\'~-""-_,..,;:r,~~,~-q~~-"""~'"'"~· · ,. '" --.y
'-, (2.6.GE;o. 5 & l·Eriv;.;'-$~] Oovern'll'ie~t: ofl~diiAct, 19s5~i . . c [?B:.,~.j
. , · .. (2) -Withoht -pi~judi~e flo tfi~,pblig.atioris lU1der. the preceding . "ru~~ect~on,·
, .the Fed!(ration and every ,Provmce &li.all secur13, that ~ere are _f~oi:;1 tune, to t.~e
in the l:iands of the Secretary of·.State ·and th~ If1gh Oommif$i;Ionel' .sufficient.
moneys _to ena1?le·paymel1t to ?e made of all pFmsion~ ;pay~blE\ o_Q.t of. the revenues .
of .the F.ed~ration or the, Provmce, as th~ case may be, m tne · Umted .Kmgdo!ll
ot<through officer's accounting· to the ,Secretary of .State or to the .High CoP,\~
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m1ss10uer. · · · . · . .-. ..· , · · . . .
· 158. Provisions as trr relatiO'ii of Burma 'l'l'W1ie_tary sysUm witk l'ndia . ..:,..-(1) .
His Majesty in C<mncil may :make ·auch provision as. may appear to him to bs .
necessary or ·proper: £oi defining and regqlating the relations bet":een the 'n_i:oil"e
tarv systems of India and Burma and for purposes .connected with or ancillary
to those purposes, and in particular, but without preju4ice to the genel.'ality -Of'
this ~echion,
1 suc1! provision as m,ay appear to His Majesty t<;> ~e necessa.r;y .or ·
proper for the purpose of giving effect to any' arrangem('.lnt~ wit~ respect. to the .
. said matters. made be~ore the commenaement of Part III of this Act_ with the .
appr()val, of the Secretary of State by the Governor of Bp:rma in Council with the
Governor-General in Council or any other persons.~ . · . ,
· (2) Any sums r.Elquired by an Order .under this section . to be paid by th6-
)i'ederation shall be charged !Ml the revenues of the l!'ederation. . ·. · ·
· ~ '. 159. Relief in re.speot of tax on income taxable bOtk inrlndia· and Burma,-. ..
His Majesty in Cou:µcil may make provi~ion for the ,15rant .of relief from any·
l!"'f3deral tax on income in re'spect ofincome taxed oi taxable m
1Burm~. . ·
· · 160.
ProbisiOns as
to ousto-ms duties on lndia.-Burma trade.-'-"\Vith a view to ..
Pl.'.~ve'nting undue. disturbance of trade between Indif:l. and Bu,rina' in the period
im!llediately following the separation of India, and Burma and wlth a view. to,··
. safeguarding
tl:te economic. i-riterer.t.s qf
Burma ,dli:lting that period, .His Majesty·
rilay by Order fa Council give such directions as he thinks fit for those purposes
with respect to the duties ·which are, while the Order is in fore~, to be levied
on, goods imported into or exported fr.om ·lndia or, Burma and with respect to
. ancmar;y an:d r.el13.ted matters. .
. , C1uPTEiR. II.-:-.]3oRRo\iING A1/lD AUDIT. ·. ·
B arrowing. . .
. 161.;0essation of borro.wing by S_eore~a1y of State in . Oouncil.-,-Up01r ·the
commencement of. Part lU of this Act all powers vested in the ·. Secretary of
State in C~~::rnncil of borrowing on the security of the revenues of India,shalf cease ..
and d~termine, but nothing in this section affects the provis~ons of Part XIII of
this Act :with respect to borrowing instel'ling by the Secretary of ~tate.
· J.162. Borrowing by Federal Government:"-Stibject to the,.-provisions 6£ P.arb
XIII of this Act with respect to borrowing in'sterling.1.. the executive !3-Uthori~y of
tho Fed<iration extends t<;> borrowipg Upon .ilhe sec-uri~y 'o:f £he revenues of :the.
]'ederationwithin such limi~s, if any,' ~s may from time ~od time b~-fixed ·by~
Act of the Federal Legislature and .to the giving of gua.raritees. within such limits~
if, any, as may be so fixed.
163~ BQrrowing by Provinei?Ll Govern.ments.-(1) Subject tO 'the. provi&ions. of
t4is section, the executive authority of a Province extends to borrowing upon the
s~curity <:f.the revenues of the Province with~~. ~uch lir;:iits, if any, as may. ?-om
time to time be fixed by the Act of the Provmmal Legislature and to the giving
of guarantees within such limits, if ~Jiy, as may be so fixed: · . .
(2) The Fe_deration way, subject to such conditions; if any,' as it may think
fit· ·to' impose, make loans to, ·or~ so long as· any llinits fixed .. under the last
precedin~, section are not exceed~d, give 'guaran..tees in respect. of loans _raised \}y,
any Pro_vmce and any sums reqmred for the purpose of making loans to a Province
shall be charged on the
1
revenues of the Federation. · ..
. . (3) A Provine~· may not without the consent of the Federatiqn borrow outside.
India,
nor
without the like consent r.aise any loan if there is still outstanding any
part o! ~-. loan m~<le t,o the Provi.nce py .the Federatibn or by ·the ."'Governor·
General. m Councrl, or in respect of which a. gilarantee has been, given by the ·
F<;derat1on or by th_e Governor-General in Cquncil. · · , , :
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.. A. consent under· this subsection may .be granted subject to such condition,
if any; a!'l the Fede:ration may think fit to impose.. .. . . . . . . ' . .
(4) A
consent
required by the last preceding subsection shall not be u
. h"a~wn'ably withheld, nor shall the Federation refuse, if sufficient cause is show
to make a loan to, or to give a guarantee in respect of·a loan raised· '.oy; a fr
vince, or 'seek to impose in i;espect .of 'imy of th¢ matters aforesaid any condit
which 'is unreasonable,. and, if any -dispute arises wlle,ther a r,efusal of conse .
,A :ut: f refusal, to make a ioan or to give .a guarantee, or any conditioi;i insisted upo
1::·;;.s 61' is not justifiable, the matter shall be referred to the Governor-General a
'"the decision of the Governor-General iri h1s diseretion shall be fini.t-l.
. 4164, Loans by Federal Govern~ent tq Federated States.-The
::. may, subject to such conditions, if any, as it may think fit to impose, n1
loans to, or, so loug as any limits fixed under 'the• last but one·preceding secti'
:~t'e hot: exceele'd, 'give guarantees .in respect of lOans raisecl hy, any Federab
:state:· · : . · . . ' , · ·1,
165. Application of Colori,ial Stock Acts to stocks issued by Ji'eder~tiMi.~ .
The Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1900, shall,rnotwithstanding anythwg to t
' nont_rri,ry in those, Acts, .apply in relation to sterling stock is~ued after. t.
·::,est,a:bHshment of the Federation. and forming pallt of the public dept of .t
· JF-e.&e'tation ·as. they apply in relation to stock-forming ·part 6f the public debt
.. any :British Possession mentioned in those Acts, sq however that nothing.·
sectiOn twenty iof the Colonial, Stock Act, 1877, (40 & _41 Viet., c~ !>9), shall
construed as compelling a· person desirous of bringing. proceedings. to proceed ·
!the ni'ann.e~ _therein specified aild that, until Parliamei:t otherwise determin;
. ·any conditions pri:Jscribed by the 'L'reasury under secti9n two of the Colp~
.'Stock Act, 1900 (63 &'64 Viet., c. 62), shall b~ deemed to ha'ie been !JOl11ph
with wiph respect to all such stocli: so issued by the Federation ..
· (21 The expression "colonial stock" iri section eleven of the Trusts (.J3cotlati
Act, 19\H (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c .. 58), shall include any stocldn relation to which t
=said Acts apply by virtue of this section. . '· · . , ·
(3) I.Q paragraph (d) .of subsection (1) of section one of the Trustee Act, 1 '
1(15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 19), the words "or any other s~curities the interest in ste
, in.g whereon is payable out of, and charged ori, the revenues of. India" shall
· repealed : · . _ ,
. Provic1Pd tha i, notwithstanding anything in thi!! Act, any securities. whi'
by yirtue of t]~p eaid "".Ords were immediately before the. commencerne1it of.P ·
III of ~hi$ Act securities. in which a trustee might invest trust funds shall co
tinue to be sec-llrities in which a trustee may invest such' fuhcls.
Audit and Accounts.
166. Aud.itor-General of India.,,--(1) There shall be an Auditor-General ·
, lndia, ~-who shall be appointed by His Majesty and shall only be removed fr()
'Office .in like manner and on the like .grounds as a judge of the Federal Court. .
. '(2) .The conditions bf service of the Auditor-General shall be such as may.·.
prescribed by His Majesty in Council, arid he shall not be eligible for furth
. •office ·under the Crown in lndia after he has ceased to hold hiS office :
P~ovided that neither the salary 0£ an Auditor-GeI}eral nor his rights in rer:;p
'of leave ofahsence, pension or age of retirement shall be vl;lried to his disadva
"age after his appoip.tment. · · . ·· . · '
· (3) The Auditor-General shall. perform such duties. and exercise .such pow
'in ·rel,ation to the account<.; of the ;Federation and of the" Provinces as may be p
·scribed, by, or-by rules made under, an Order .. of His Majesty in Coun,cil, or
-any subsequent Act of the Federal Legislatqre varying or extending such· ..
'Ordet : · : . · . . . ~ · ' · · · ,
Provided that rio Bill or amendment for the purpose aforesaid shall be int'
·duced or moved without the previous sanction of the Governor-General· in
dii;c.tetion. , . . . ,
(4)
The salary, allowances and pension payable to or in respect
of ah Audi
'General sh~ll be charged on the revenlies ·of the ·Federation, . an{! the sala
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aU~nvances anq pensiornr payp..ble to or in respect of. members. qf his ·staff s~all he.
paid out of those revenues. . .. . '
.· ~67: Provincial Auditor-Gene:ral.';:'"""(l) If a Provincial Legisla,ture after the-
e'?'p1rat10n of two ;years from the commencementfof Part HI·of-this Act passes an.
Act charging the, salary of ah .Auditor-General' for .that Province on the revem.ieS: ·
·
of ~he Province,· an Auditor-Ge:neral
of 'the Provinc.e may be appointed· by Hi~
Majesty, to perforni the saine duties .and to ex.ei:cise the s'ame powers in relatioµ
fo the audit of the accounts of .the Province .as w:ol)ld be perf.ormed and exercised
by the Auditor-General .of India,· if an Auditor-Gene~al of the Province had not .
been appointed : ,,
·
·. Provided
that np appointment oLan Auditor~General in a J?rovirice sh~ll ~
1
mad~ m.1til the expira.tion .of ·at least, three years from the elate of the .A:ct of the
'Prov~ncial Legislature by which provisio"!.1 is made for an Auditor-.General of that
. Prcivmce. . , . . . ;
.. (~) The pl'ovisions o:f the last preceding. secti<,m. shitH apply 'in relation to ~he
Aud:tor-General of a Province and· his staff ~s they apply in relation to thEl'
Aud1~9r-General of !1~dia and his staff, sµbJect .to .the following modifitil;'tions.
tha,t
1s
to say-. . . . , · . , , . . . . ,
(a) ·a person who is, or )las been, Auditor-General of 'a Province shall' b.& ·
eligible for app9intment a:s Auditor~General of India; . · . ·. ·
. (b)' in subsection (3) of the siid sectiori, for the reference to the Federal Legi.s ...
lature there shall be substituted a reference to the Provincial Legislature, and for
the. reference to; the Govern01;-General there shall be substituted a reference to.
·the Governortand · · · · · .· · · ,
. · · (c) .in subse~tion (4) Qf· the. said. section for the reference to the revenues of,
'thr.~ Federation there shall be substituted a reference to the re,•enues of the
Province : . . , · · · ·. . . · .
J>rovided that nothing in this se~tion shall derogate :from ~he po;wei-of the
Auditor-General of India ~o give such directions in tespect to the accourits. of
Provinces as are mentioned in the ne:x;t succeeding section. ·
168. Po:y;er of Auditor-Geneml of India to give directions as to accounts..-~
The· accounts 0£ the Federation shall be kept,in such form as the 'Auditor-Gener&1
of lndia may, 'Ni.th tbe.~1Jproval of the Go.vetnor-qen~ral, prescribe and, in sofa1;1
as the 'Auditor-General of;ltidia may, with the -like approval, give any directions.
with regard to, the methods or principles in· accordance with' which any accounts .
of Provinceio; ought to' bf.l' kept,1 it shall be the duty. 0£ every Provincial · Go:vern,,,.
iuent to ca use accounts to b~ kept accordingly. . . .
·~ i·s9. A1Ldit reports.-:-The reports of the Auditor-General of India rela,'ting to.
'the accoun.ts of the Federation shall be submitted to the Governor-General,· who
shall ca.use them to he laid before the Federal Legislature, and the reports of .
the Auditor-Gen'eral of India or of the Auditor-General of the Province, as 'th&
cns0 ma.v be: relating to 'the accounts of a Province shall be suBmitted. to tha
· Governo~ of the Province, who shall cause them tO. be laid before the -Provincial
r.egisla tu re. . . .
"'· ' 170. Auditm· of Indian Ho11ie Accounts.-(!). There shall be an Auditor of
Indian' Hon:1e Accow1ts ·who shall be appointed by the ,Governor-General in his
discretion and shall only be removed· from office in ~like manner and ou the like
t . groui;ids as a jndge of the Federal Cou:vt. . . · . . . .
· (2) 'l'he conditions. 9£ service of the Auditor Qf India1i H9me Accounts shall be.
' such as may he prescribed by the Governor-Genera) in his discre~iou : ( ·.
Provided that neither'the salary of an Auditor .of Indian Home 'Accounts not'
hh> rights iri 'rospeet of leave of absence, pi;insion or• age of ·retirement sba:ll b&
. va.rifa:\d to. his disadvantage after his appointment. . ·
(3)
1
rhc A uditoi' of Indian Honie Accounts shall per:torm such 'duties and:
e:tercise such powers in rela.tion to ti;an,sactiions in the United Kin~dom affe~ting.
the revenues of the Federation, of the Federal Railway Authority,. or. of any
Province, us
may.
be prescribed by, or by; rules made under, an Order of 'Hi!!. .
· Majest.v in Council, or by· any Act of the Federal Legislature varying or ext,end-.
int; such
an Order
: ·. . . .
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[C:a:. 2.] . aove~r.nment of'Ind\a, Aot, Hl35: [26 G·EO. 5 ,& lEDw:
. · Provided that· nci ;J3ill. <YI! ~aniendment for· tP.e. purpose aforesaid' ~haH; Be ·1n
.. <hrned 'or ll~Oved wl;thotl:·t the . prior 'Jan:chion ot th,e .. Govemor-Generf!l in his .
crt>tion.
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(4) The reports of. t4~ Audit()~ pf Indian Home'"'Accounts>relating to su
transactioni:i a~ aforesaid sl1all be submitted toJhe Audikrr~Ge1ieral of +ndi0i, .·
in the case of transactions 11ffecting the revenues of a Pr.ovince 'w!1ich haa .
Audito(General, 'to·th'e Auditor-General of the Proyince, and shall be.in:clu
. by any such . Auditor-General _in the reports which under this' Part of. this
'he is requiied to submit fo the Governor-General or, as the case ·may be; to
' Governor · · · ·· / · • ·
• {5) Tl~·e Auditor of Il1d.ian. Home Accqunt~-- shall b~ subject to. the,getie
.1 superintbhdence of-the Auditor~General. of' India. · · · .· · · .
.. (6) The salary, allowanees and pension payable''to gr iii respect o_f the<Atidi'
·of.Jndian Ho:tne Accounts shall be charged 6q the revenues of bhe.F'ederation; a
tJ.j'e salaries, allowancein1rrd pensions pay.abfa to or'in respect of members of ·
staff shall be paid out of th:o.se revenues. . ·· . . · · . . . · ..... · . .·
. · (7)., His Majesty in Council nia:Y require the Auditor of Indian Rome Ace({.
to, perform in rl':llation to ~urm~ all or 11ny pf the functions which he perlom}s
. rB}ation to India:, .and may'fix the payll?-elltS to be made in respect of his seryi.
from the revenues. Of B:urma to:·the revenues of the Fe.ileration, and may nia
: such incidental~nd consequen~ial provision 8.a may appear to hiin to be proper.
in. ·.Audit of acoo~f8 relatiiig to the dis'charge of the,function~ of the (]~
· in '.relation to Indiiin States.-The accounts relating to the discharge of the,,f
tions of the Cro\vn hi its. relations with Indi!).n· States shall. be audited by
·. Auditoi;-General of India, or, in so far as· those accounts CJoncern. t.r~msactious
th.e United Kingd~mi, by 'the Auditor of Indian Home Accounts actihg~ on
behalf and
under hfa general superintendence,. and
the Auditor-General of In
B'hall make to th~ Secretary. of State. annual ref)orts on the accounts so aJ.qi
bv him: or on his behalf. · · '
' . , .
DHAPTJiJR m~-PRo~ERTY,· coN'fRAc~;,._ LIABIL1Tms, \AND SmTs. ·
· : 172, Vesting· of lci'nd11 'and buildings ~-{1) ·.AU la.P,ds :a~d, buildings whi~h •
-mediately before the commenc<?ment of Par~ III of.:this 1\.ct wer~ vestei! .i,n 1
Majesty for the·purposes of the gove,rrµnent q:fln:dia shall as from that.dat~
' (a) in the case of lands and""buildings which are sit-qate in a Provin~e. ~
in Eis Maj~sty for. the pu.rp9ses 'Of, the govei::iunent· 9',f that Province unless t
were t'hen used; otherwise th~m. under. a t,enancy agr¢ement between the· Go
nor-GeneraJ in Council and the. Government of that Pro-yince, for purposes wh
thereafter will be purposes of the Fede:i;al, Go'1ernµient or of His _Majesty"s
presentat1ve for the exercise of the functions of the Grown in iti;i .relati-0na .
Indian States, or unless they. are lamls and buildings formerly used 1£or s
purposes· as aforesaid, or' intended or' formerly intended to be so used, and
certified by the Governor-General in Council or, as . Phe case. may: be,
Majesty's Representative, to haye been retained for future use for such piu:p
or to have bef1n retained tenworarily for thtp purpose of more advantageous
posal by sale or ot.herwise; ·
·. (b) in the case of lands and buildings which are situate in a Province but
no't by virtue of. t)J.e preceding paragraph vest in His Majesty for the purposeR
tbe goernment of that Province,, and in the case of lands and buildings w i
are situate in India elsewhere tha11 in a Province, vest in )Iis Majesty for.
purposes .of the government of the Federation or for the purposes of the ex.er'
of the functions of the Crown in its relations with Indian States, according to
purpose for ·which they we,re used immediately before the pommencement
Part III of this Act; and, , . ' . ·
. ·
(o)
in the case of lands and buildings which are situate elsewhere than
I.lldia (except lands .and, buHdings situate in Burma orAden), vest in' His Maj
. ':tor the purposes of the government of the F.edera:tiol) or, if they were immedi
c'beforethe com:p:iencement of Part TII of this Act used for purposes of. th_(? dep .
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.ment -0£ the Secretary. of State inc C0uncll, !or the purposes of His Majesty's
1 . · Gov~rn:n1ent in the United Kingdom. ·· , . , · · '. .. , .
· (2) Except· witl;l. tlie eonsent of the G-overnor-Genefal, effect shall not he
.given to any proposalfor· the sale of any lands or buildings which by virtue of .
. this section nre vested in Majesty for the purposes of. His Majesty's Govern-'
ment in the United I{ingdom, .'(>r f.o'any proposal fot..,, the diverston of any :f:!uch
lands p.nd buildhigs to uses not .connecteq with the' discharge o:li the Junctions of
the Crown in relation to ·India or Burma. . •
· (3) The lands and hl1il<lillgs vested ·iii .His .M;ajesty by virtue ,Jf·this section
for the purpose .of B:is· M;ajesty's Giwernrnent in the .United Kingdom shall be
·under. the' management 9f the Commissioners of' Works, and, subject to the pro•
visions of ·subsectfrm ~2) of this section, the provisions. of, the Acti<. :relating to
the OommissioneFs oJY'W.orks shall acpply in relation to tho'Se.lands and buildings
a9 if th~y had ·been/Mqui'red by the Qommis~ione:rs in pursuance ~f those Acts. ,
· (4) The provis!bns of this section· sha.ll ~p.ply in relation. to the contents, of
builditigs vested in· His Majesty fm; ~he purp9ses 0£ His Mii.jesty's Goveri:mi.ent ' ·
iln the United Kingdom, other than any money or securities, ai> they apply in
relation.'to the l1tiildings themselves : .
Provided that, in the case of such articles an.d classes of articles as 'may be .··.
agre.ed upon betwf:len the Secre'tary of State and .the ·Governor~Ge;nerfll; the pro,
visions of subsection (2) of this section shall n:ot apply and, nQhritbstanding
anything in subseclion · (3) of this section, the contents of thgse buildings shall
'be under· the control of the Secretary ·of State. ' · ~ · ,
" (5) ·Any question which me,y ai·iSe within the five years iiext following the
<~ommencenvant ·of Part III of this Act as to the purpoa,tts for ~hich ·any h,mds. or'
l:mi_ldings are by virtue of this sectign vested in His Majesty may be determined
by His Majesty i]l Council. · , .· . . ,' . · . ·
· 1'13. Pr.fJvisions as ~o other p'l'opiwty.-(1) Subject to· 'th:e provisions of this
and thl;i last precedin.g:.sectj:on, all property vested in His Majesty >vhich by virtue
of any Aelega1;ioi1 from the Secretary of State ·in Council or btherwise is· .im
':rnediately before the coinm.encement of Part III of this Act in the :possession or
under the control of, . or held on MCOunt of, the Governor;General in Council
or any Local G0Ye1'nment shall, aB froin the commencement; of Part III of this
Act, ,vest in His.Majesty-:;-
/
· , · • . · . · . . ·.
(a) for the purposes of the .. GoYerument of the Federation; or
(b) for the• purposes of #the exerciSe of the functions of the , Crown in its re-
lations with 'Indian States; or · · ' ·. ·· · ·· · . .
(o) for the purposes of the Government of a Province;
; 1.1ccorqing as the purposes for which the property was . held immediately befor~
the commencement pf Part III of this ·Act will thereafter . be· purpo.ses of the
Govt'lrnment of tbe Federation; purposes of llis 1\1;ajesty's Repr(}sentative for
the exercise. of the s.aid fmictions of the Crown or purposes. 0£ the Government of
a/Province· : · ·
// Provided thair-
/' · (i) all moneys which immediately before· the commencement of Pa1rt .III of
thls. Act· '\Vere in the public account 0£. which. the G~wernor-General fr Council
·
was custodiftn :[:!hall
be vei;;ted in His Majesty for the purposes 'of the G<;ivernroent
of the Federation; . ' · , , · ·
(H) all credits and ·debits of the Local Gov~rnment of any Governor's .J?,ro~
vince (other than Burma) in account with the Governor-General in Council shall
be deemed to pe credits and debits· of the corresponding Province under this Act
in aceount with the Federation.· · ·
·· (2) Subject as aforesaid, all other property vested in His :Miijesty and• under .
the c~;mtroI of the .Secretary of State in Council immediately befo~e the com
rnencement of Part III· of this Act shall as from the (lommeiwement of Part .m
o:f this Act vest in His Majesty !or tlie purposes of the. Government of the·Feder,a-·
ti9n, for
~hepUl'pOses
of the .exer~ise of the functions of the Crown in. its relatiol).s
w1t.h Inchan States or for the purposes.of the Govemment·.of a Frovmce, acco.rd
Jpg as the Secret.fi.ry of State may determine h~ving· regaid £o the circumstances
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of th,e Jase, and-the'S~qretary of siate shaU 'h~ve power·to ai1d shall deal with
the property aooordingly. ' . ' . .
· (3) In-this·'.'.sectioi1 ''property'' includes rt1oney, securities, bank balai1ces a11.d
. movable property of.· any de;;cription. ·
(4) Arrears. of any taxes outstanding im~nediately. befote the cbmmencei.11ent
of Part 1'Il of: thh: Act shall be deemed t.o be due to and· 1nlJ.Y be recovm•ed by
the Federal' .Governrne~t Ol' a l'rovincial 'Government accordi~g as the proceeds.
of any such tax imposed after the commencemel1t of Part III of this Act wbuld
be due to and re<'O\•erable b;y the Federal Gpve'rnment or the Provincial <Govern-
ment. ·
, (o) Thl.s. ;;ection shall. apply in relatimr .to any· equipment, stores, mo,lie;y's, ·
bank ba.li+nces and other property lield in connection with His Majesty's Indian.
forces
stati~med ill. Bnrina (not·
being. forces raised 111 Burma) as it ap1)lies in rela
't.io:µ to property held for purposes which will bt3 purpose"::! or the Government of ·
the Federation, ·but, save as aforesaid, i1othing hi this section applies, to .. any ·
. property situate in Burma or Adei.1, or to arrears of taxes in Burma; or Aden; o»
tp any property >vhl.ch by virtue of any> dBlegation frorn t~e Secret.ary of State.
iii Oounci,1 or otherwise . .is.
1 immediately before the commencement of Part III of
this AM, in the p08'lefJsion or' under the control of, or held on account of, the
Local \±overmnent of Bunna or Aden.. . ' . .
(6) Nothing in this section shall. affect any .adjl1stments made or to be made .
by or under this Act by reason of the creation before the commencement of Part ·
III of this Act or Hrn Provinces of Orissa and· Sind. '
4
. 174. J'ropM·ty. accruing eby 68.Cheq;t 'or lapee; .· 01' a8, bona 'tta&antia.-·Elnbject as ..
hereinafter provided, any property in J;.nui~ accni~ng to His .Majesty by escheat
or .lapse; or as bona vac::mtia for want-of a rightful owner, shall, .if it is property
situate in a Province, vest in His Majesty for ~he purposes of the government
of that Province; and shall in any otJ1er case vest in His )Majesty for the purpose,>
·of the govemment of the Federation : · . . ·
. P,rovided.'that ·any property. which. at the date when it accrued to _His Majesty
was in the pOB\SCSf?ion or under the control of the Federal Gov.ernrnen£ or t}le
Government ot a Province .shall, according as the purposes -for which it was then
used or held were purposes of the Federation or bf a Province,' vest in .Hts Majesty
for the purpof\es of. t.be l;lovernment of the Federat.ion or for t'.he pul'posos ·of too·
government· of that Province. ·
rt5. Power to acquitre 11rope1·ty and ·'to make b'orttracts; efo • ...L(l} The
executlive q.uthority of the :U'edemtiori and of a Province shall extend, subject to ,>
any Act of the appropriate Legislature, toithe grant, sale, disposition or mortgage ··
of any property vested iii His Majesty.· for ·the· purposes of the· government of
the l"edE;ration 01· of the Province, as the caie rriay be, and to the purehase or
s,c.quisitfon of p:i:operty .on behalf Of Majesty for thorm purposes res,pectively,
and fo the niaking of contracts: ·
. Provided that any land or building used as an official i·esidence of •tjie
Governo'r-General ·or a Governor· shall not be sold, nor any change ·made {n the
;pu'.rp·oses for which it is being used, ex.cept with the concurrence, in his discre
tion, of the Governor•General or. the Governor, as t.h~ case may be.
(2} All property acqu'ire~ for tl,ie purposes of the Feqeration or oJ:• a I;'>rovince
or of the exercise of the functions 6£. the Grown in its relations. with Indian States,
as. the case may be, RlH1.ll Vf'~t. in Tfis Majesty for thoso purpOOCG.
(3) Sµbject to
1
th~ provisions of this Act with res.pect to the Federal Railway
'.Authori~y, all ci:mt:ra,cts ~ade in. the exercise of the execu~ive authority of ·the.
Feder~tion, or, of a Province shall be expressed to be made by the Gover1tor~
G@11eral, or-b:y the Governor of 'the Province, .as the case may be, ·~nd all such;
contracts .and all assuran~es of .property made in the exercise of tl1,at authority
shall. be executed on beqalf of 'the Governor-General or Gcivemor by such perso~1s:
· and m such Il1anner as he ma.y direct or authorise. ·
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. . (4) Neither:the Gcive~t\or-Gene~al, nor the .Governor of a Provine~, i1or the'.
Secretary of State shall be· persooally liable in respect of any contntct or t\'SSUl'-·
ance madf! or exec~ted for the 1purposys of this Act, Or. for t~e purp0$6S of the
Government of India. Act or of, any Act repealed thereby, nor ,shall an;y person·
makiig or executing any such ·contract or assurance on behalf pf any of them be·
personally liable irt respect thereof. '
J,76. Siiits 'and pro~eediings.-(1) -The Federation may ~lie ;or be sued by the·
. name of the FedE:lrati.on of India and a Provivcial Goyernment inay sue .or be·
sue:l by the name of the Province and, without prejudice to the subsequent
provjsions of this chapte.r, may, subject to any prov.isfons which may be made
by A;ct of th~ Federal or. a Provincial I,.egislature enacted by virtue of pov~ers ,
eonferred on that l'1eg'islature by tnis Act, sue or be sued in relatiOn to their·
respective affairs in the like cases as, the Secretary of ·State in Cou'ncH might
have sued or been sued 'if this Act had not been passed. : . · · . ·
· (2) R.ules of c?urt :rriay pro:V1ide that,
1
_where the 'Fed~ration, ·the Federal Rail-
way Authority, or a 'Province. sue 'or are·sued in the United Kingdom, Elervice of
all: proc~eedings may be effected upon the High Comm~ssioner. for India or su,ch .
·o~liqr representative in the United 'Kingdom of the Federation, Authority or fi·o,
vmce, · as may be specified in the rules. · · · '
. 177. Emi!iting co'ntrac'ts of Secretary of Sttite in Counci1.-'-(1) Without preju-
. dice to ·the special provisions of the next sueceeding section relating to loans,
·guarantees and other :financial obligations, any <;iontract made before the com
mencement of Part III of this Act by, or on behalf 9f, the Secretary •of State iu
CounGil shall,· as from· that datB--7 · · ·
(a) if it was made' for purposes whicih will after the commencement of Part·
III of this &ct be purposes of 'the Government 0£ a-'Provlince, have effect as if it ,
hil.d been made gn behalf oj. that Province; imd ' .
(b) in any other case have effect as if it had been made on behalf of ·.the-
:Pederation, . · .' · · '. .· · .
.. and references in any such contract to the Secret;:i.ry of State in Council shall be
co1rntrlied accordingly, and any such contract may be. · enforced in iioccordance·
with th6 provisions of the, next bi,it one succeeding section. ·· . . __ .·.·
. (2) This. secti5:m does not apply fo relation to c'ontracts solely in connection-
'/with the affairs of Burma or Aden, or solely for purposes which will after ~he,
c.otnmenceroent of Part Ill of this Act be purposes of ·ms Majesty'_s Representai ..
tive kr the exerciise of the functions of the' Crown in its relations with Indian·
StateE.. · · · · ·
178. Special provisions as to exiating loans; guarawtecs and at.hp financial'
· cbli{Jatibns,'---(1) All liabilities in respect of such loui}s, guarantees· and other-
financial obligations of the Secretary of State in Council as are outstanding im• ·
mediately before the ·commencement of Part III of this A'.ct a~d were secured -
on the revenues 'of India shall, as from that date, be lti:i,bilities of the Federation
and shall be_ secured upon the revenues of the Federation and of all the Provinces ..
. (2) AU· enactments re la.ting· to any such -loans, guarantees ·and other financial
obligat:ions of
the
Secretary of State in Cou,ncil as aforesaid shall, in relation to·
those loans, guarantees and obligations, continue. to have effect with the substi
tution therein,, except Jn so far as the context otherwise requires, of references
. to the Secretary of .Stite for. references to the Secretary of State in Council, and'
with such other modifications mid such adaptations as His. Majesty in Council' .
. may deem necessary. . . ' .
, . (3) 'No deduction. in res.pect of taxa,tion imposed by or under any existing"
,Indian law or any law of the Federal or, a frovinci{l.l Legislature shall be ml.l.de·
f,rom any payment of ptiincipal or interest in respect of any securities, the· interest
":h~reon is ·payable in _sterling, bl;ling a payment which would, but for the pro ..
visions of .this Act, have fallen to be made by the Secretary of State iri Council.
(4) I~ m the citse. of any Local Government in India there are outstanding
imme~iately. bef?re the •commencemerit of 'Par.t III of this Act any loans or other
finan.cial obhgat()ns secµred upo:iL the revenues of the Province, all liabilities iru.
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;;respect of thos~ loans and obligations shali, a:s fro~.that date, be liabilitit~s o~
"4;he· Gbvernm.ent t>;f ·and shall b,e secureq tlpon the revenµes of, tbe correspondin~L
Province under tliis Act. . . , i /'
.. (5) Any liabilities in respect of any such loan, guarantee.or :financial obliga
·tfon
as:~s nientie>ru>d
in this section may be, .enforced in aceordance with the pN.·
·vi.sions of the next s.uooeeding section: · . · ' · . . . · · ·
(6) Tb,e provisions of this section, apply to 'tlie liabilities of the S,ecretary of ··
'State in Council in res,pect of·the Burma Railway$ three per cent. Debenture
"Stock, but,· $a;ve as aforesaid, do not apply to any . lfa.bility solely i11 connect~Ol.'ly
. with.the affairs of .Burma or Aden. · , ·.·· ·, · . ' . . . ·
. 179. Legal prooeedings a.9 to cert<J,in matteJ•S.::--,(1) ~ny proceedi'ngs whieh, if
this. Act ·had not been passed, might have b13eri brought against the Sooreta:rypf
·state ~n Council.may,. in tl;e case of any:. liability arising before the commenee
. :rhent
of Part
III of this ,Act or arising under .:any ·· contract or statilte .rp:acle or
. _;passed before ~hil,t.d!J.te~ '!Je,br!mg@\apin.st th·e .. :Fe. de·r.a.ti_on.o~ a .. P.rovince, ac. <(t'>rd~:
'll1_g .to -the subJect .m~~.ter o~ th~ pr~cee~1f!:gS, or, at .the opj.1on of the person.by
·whom the procee~mgs are brought, ag11mst .the Secl'etary of . State, .and any sum·
·-0rdered to be paid by way or debt, damages or ~costs in, any such proceediµgs,
' ancf
any -00S:ts or expenses
incurred in or in c.onneebion with th,8 aefenc'e thereof,
'shallbe,paid out of the revenues of.the Federation or tlie Provirtce, as· .. the·ca11e '.
'may hf:, or, ifthe proceedihgs'are brought against th13 l3ecreilary of Stat~; put .ol ".
·such revenue!:! as the Secretary of .State may c:lirect. · . . ..
· Tho provlisio:ils of this supsection . sliall . l:\pply. ;yith . respect ·to proceedings
arising
under any con~ract de.clared.
by the term~ ~hefeof to}le suppl~mental,tia.
·any such contract as is mentioned ~n those ;prov1slons ·as they apply m relation ..
to the contracts so mentioned>.. > · . . · • . · • ·. . .. · · .. · •
(2) If at the commencement o.f Par't II! o:f this Act any legal proceedings are.
~endini; in the United Kingdom or in India to wb,foh the Secre~!J,ry of State in
Co'uncil .is. a .patj;y, the Secretary of S.tate shall be deemed to be suh!3tituted in ·
tho:;e proceedings· for the Secretary of State in Council, ·and the provisions of si.ib
seetfon {).) of .this section -shall apply in relation to su..ms ordered .to be paid, and,
costs or expense~ incurred, by the Secretary of State or »the Secretary of State .
"in Co11nci( in or in connection with ariy:. such proceedh:1gs as they ipply in . rela
·tfon to sums ordered to be paid in, and 'costs or .expenses incurred in or fo con-.
'tiectli"r,.
with the.defence of; proceeding's
brought against the Secretary of State
undei: the sa.id subsection .(1). ·. .
-(3f Any contract made in respect of the affairs of the Federation or a Provfoce .
'by or on behalf of the Secretary of State after the commencement .o.£ Part JI~
oft.his Act.may .provide that any proceedings und~r that e.ontra~t shalhbe brought
in the Un.ited Kingd9m by or against the Secretf\;,ry of State, and any sueh pro
•ceedings, may be brov.ght accordingly, :;md. any suµi ordered to be paid by· the
'Secretary of State by way of debt, .da:i::nages or costs iri any suoh proceedings,<
and any costs or expenses [ncuired by the Secretary qf State in or iri conn,ecti9n
therewith.. shall be pfiid out o~ the hvenues of. the Feder/ltion or the Province,
11.s .the case may be. · · . · · · .
(4) Nothing ill this section shall be construed as impos!ng any :Hability upcin
the excheqber of the United Kingdom i:p, respect of .any debt, damages; costs or
<eA.-penses in or. in connection with a.ny proceedings brought or c01;1tinued by or
against the Secretary of State by virtue of this section, . or as derdgating frop:i
the _p1~ovisions of subsection {1) of the last precedil'.1.g section. · . · .. ·•
.(5) This section does. no~. apply in relation to contracts or 1fabiNties solely i
. connection with the affairs of Bui:ma ·or Aden, other than liabilities \vhich are:
thia
Act made liabilitiies
of the Federation, or tQ contracts or lia'bilities for pi
tlose·~ .whic.h wi~l, ·after t.l:ie coinmencemen~ cif Part III of this· Act, 'be· purp()
bf .His Ma1esty s :Representative for t}le exercise of .. the functions of bhe Crown
\its relations with Indian States. ' . · · · .· ·· , · · .;: • ·
. ~so: Oontraots in. connection fJith 'functions of. Drown in its relation~/ ~it
Jnilu:i;i St<!tes.-{l) Any contract rpade pefore ,the· commencemen~ of Part III
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-" this Act by. o~ 011 heha._H of the Secretary of State iµ Couficil ·. sol?ly in fGr.inect~oii ...
with the' e:ier6~se 0£ the ifunctions of the Crown in its' ;elations wit? lnd1~n.
States -shall· as £rom the· comm:encem'erit· of J;>art II! of .this Act, have effect as
iHt haC! bee~ made on behalf o:f His ~aje,S.ty a~d reference::; in. any .such comract .
to the Secretary of State in Council sh'ali be construed accordingly. ·. . . . .. ·
· . . \2) Any prooeedings whfoh· if this A.ct h.ad not been passed might Mve been/
brought by or against the Secretary 0£ State in Corincil in respef.lt of any such
eon tract as aforesaid may he brought by or. against the Secretary o:f State mid if
at th~ commencement of Part IIIof this Act any proceedings .'in re:apect. pf any ·
such C'Ontra,ct are pending ,in the United Kingdom or in lndi:-~ to which the Secre
tarq o:f State.in Council•is a party" t'Qe Secretary of ~tate shalLbe deemed to be
substituted in those proceedings for the Secret,ary of State in Council; • 1
(3) /lny contraet made, a£te.r the commericemen:t of -P3rj; III of this Ac~ 011
. behalf o.f H1E! ?.fajesty solely in connectien with. the exerciS(j of the said fu1fct~oµs
of the Cr9wn shall; if it is su:Ch a co:ntra:ct a;:i. would bave be~n)egaJJy enfotceable
·by ?r against the Secretary of State in (jri.uncil, be leg~llY enforceable ;by o.r
-ag~mst the Secretaty of State. . · . · . · . . · ·
(4) Any sums.ordered to be paid by the Secretary of State by way.9£ debt, .
-damages or costs in ahy "s11ch . proceediqgs as are mentioned 'in, this s~ction and
il.ny cost& or expenses, incu.rred by him in or in connectlion wilh .th~ prosecution
.-or de!eri·ce thereof ·shall. be deemed. to be i;;ums '!equired for th(! diBchm~g~ ·of the
funct10ns ~f the O:r,own in its relations with Indian Stat.es, and any f!tim reMived
'by t.he Secretary pf State by virtue of any .such proci:fedings shall be paid· or
ored1ted tQ the Federation. ·
J?ART
VIII.~TH-E
FEDERAL RAILWAY AUTHORI'fY;
181. JfJxecuti'!'e authority in respect of railways fo be exercise ii by. Federal
Railway A-~thonty.-(l) The executive author~ty 9£~the Federation in respect of
the regu~at1on and the construction, maintena:gtfe and operation of .railways sha,U
be exe~msed by_ a Federal Railway · Authority (hereinafter .. relen·ed to ai:i'''the·
Al1thonty"), · · · · · · · · · · ·
CW The said executive ~uthority extends·.
to the carrying on in connection
with any Federal railways of such undertakings as, in~he opinion of the Author~
ity, it is expedient should be carried on in connectfon therewith aiid to the n:\ak
, ing and· carrying foto effect .of arrangements with' o~her persons for the)arrying
. on hy those persons of ~uch nndertakinga: . . .· , . . · . ,
· Pl:ovided that, , as respects their: p0wers · uhder this subsection, the Authority
. sl:ml} be subjoot to any releY'.ant provisioµs of s,ny Federal, Provinda.L,or existing
Indian law, and t9 the relevant provisimis of ~he law of. any Federated State, but
nothing tin this ·sµbsection shall by construed !\:S limit!ng· the provisions of Part
VI of this. Act. regulating the relations .of the Federation_ with_ Provinces. ~nd
Sta~B- . '
· (3) Notwithstanding anything i.n thfs section, the Federal Government or its
officers shall perfor~"in regard to th~ ,construction, equipm£JiJ,t, arid .operation ?f
ra~lways such :functions for securing the safety both of members o:f the pubhc
and of persons .operating the railways, i:ncluding the holding ofinquiri~s. into tlje
'causes of accident$, .as in the opinion of the Fede:r'lll. Governmen~ should. be per
formed by. persons independent of the. Aut~ority and of. any railway administra-
tion. · ·
··
.
So much of Part X.,of this Act as provides that powers in relation to railway
service;::; of the Federat,ion shall be exeroiSed by the Authority shall)lOt apply in
·relation to officers of the Fodcrtil Government employed in the perio1:m (1.rinP. of
any of. the funct'r~fos mentioned in this subsection. . . . . ~ . . ... ' .
182 .. Composition; etc., qf Raiiway, Authority.~(l) Not less than: three
seventh's of the members of the· Authority · shi;l.11 be persons ~ppointed by the
.Goven:ior-Gei:Ieral in his discretion, and the Governor-Genel'al shall in hi.S' discre~·
tion appoint a meID.ber of the 'Authority to be the Presidt!nt thereof.
. . . . ' ·~-·---------
l T):iis. subsection c.ame . into force with effeot from: the 1st April, 1937, wit,h tlertain
riwdifi11a.ti0ns; under para. 7, J.B. (T.P.) 0.

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[DH. ·!~] .. .. Government 'oflndid Act, 19$5. [26' G~·. 5 & 1 E~w.,<ELJ ·
· (2) Suhjedt as afore~a.,d, th~ p~ovlsions 0£ ~h~ Eighth
1
.Sehedule t6 th'ls Act, -_.
as sbppl6mented or :?:JT1ended by any kct of .tqe Federal Legisl~ture £or the time . , : ·
being in. force, shaJl have effect with respect -to the appointment, qualifications.
·and conditions of service 0£ _meinbers of the Authority, 1and with respect to the.
·· ':Authority's proceedings, executive staff and liability .to income-tu.x: •·
· · · Provided that, exdepV with the previous s.anction 'of the Governor~General fo
his discretion, .there shall not be. introduced into, or moved in, either Chai:nber
of ,thµ F.edei;al Le~l;llature any Bill or, any an1end~ent for· su'pplemeuting ol!'
.. amending-the provis'ions of the i>aid Schedule. · . . . ,
· · Ui'S. · Directions and principles 'to b!J observed by Railway Authorlfy.--'(l)
rhe Authority in discharging theii; fu:rH::tions under .this ·Act shall a~t ori. business,, '
principles, due.regard• qeiing
had
by them t0 the interests of agriculture, indu~try<,
commerce and j;he general public, and in ,pattfoular s):iall mak~ pto.per provision
for nieeting out of-their receipts,on revenue .. account all'· expendifare. to ;Whicrh
SU•)h 1'eceipts .are applicable under the provjsions of this Part. of this Act.. . ... ·
· (2) In th'e _clischarge of their said £unctions thEJ Authority shalllj>e g.uided by
'such fnstruction,s. on questions 0£ policy as 1nay be given to them by the red~ral '
(}overnnien,t, . . . . .· . . · · . . .·. . . , . . . • . , ·
· ·
Ii any
dispute arises under thi,s subsection between the <Feder!ll Gove'rn!f1ent
and the Authority as to. whether a question is or is not a question of pCilicy; the
. deni~ion of th.e Gov-0mor-General in h~s .·discretion shall be final. ·
(3) The prov~si()nS. of subsection \l} of this section shall apply ii;i. relation to.
the discharge by the Federal Government o~ their functiont;, W:ith respect to tail
.ways as. they apply in relation to the functions of the Authority,· b11t nothing 'jn
this subsection shall be construed asJin:iiting the powers of the Governor-General
'under the next succeeding SU bsection. . ' . ' . ' ' , . ' , ' ' .
·, · (4) 'The. provisions of this. Act .relating to the special responsibilitiios of' the
· gove.rnor~General, and to hfa duty as regards certain matter!:> tO exercise his Iurrc
tions in his discretion or to e:ii:ercise Ms in.div.idual ·judgment, shall 'apply as
regardi; m·atters 'entrusted. to the Auth,onty as. if the executive authority 0f' the
Fed\:lration in regard, to those matters were ves.ted in him, and as if the funetion.s
of
the Authority as
regards those matters were the functions. of mfoisters, and
the. Governor-General ml!'Y issue to the Authority snch directions as he may
deem necessary as i~egards a.ny matter which appears to liim t.o iirvolve any ofhiS
specfal responsibilities., or .as regards which he. is by or :under this Act. requ1ired to
act iP. his discr~tion or to exercise his .indivtdual judgment, and the Authorj.ty
shall give effect to any directions. so issued .to th~m. ' ' ' ' .· ,. ' '
· ·" 184. Oonduqt of b-usiness between Ra.ilway Authority and Ji'.eder4Z Govern·
'ment.-(1) Th~ Governor-General exercising h.is individi,ial judgment,. hut after
consultation with the Authority, may make. rules, for the .more convenient .tr.an~~.,
saction of business arising out .of the relatiOns bet-ween the Federal Government, .
and.the Autb'.or'ity. . . ·· · ·. · ·· . · · · · ' . · ·
(2) The ·.r.'lles shalJ include pro,:isions r~quirii;g ,the Aut~ority·~o trai;sm}t to.
the Federal Governme~t all such mformation ~1th ;reapect to .their busJness as
may be specified iI1 the rules, or as the Governol'~General may ot}le1'wise require
to be so transinittecl, and in part!icular provisions requiring the · Auth'ority awl
their chief executive officer to bring to the notiqe of the (}overnor-G~heral any
matter under consideration hy the Atithorihy or by that officer which involves,· pr
appears. to them or ~im likely to involve, any special responsibility 0£ the Go.ver
nor-G.eneral. • · . ' · . . · . .· . · · ·
185, Acquisition fl-ncl sale of fond; . contracts . and wo1·l,ing agreements . ..;_(l}
Ext'ept in such cla~ses of •Case as may .be specified in regulations to be made by
the. :Federal Governni.ent, the Authqrity ·shall not acquire or diS,pose of any land;·
and, wl:ien it 'is necessary fqr-the Authority to acquire compulsorily ariy land for.
,the pu,rposes of their fur:iction:s, the Federal Government shall cause t'1a.t land to
. be acquired on. their ~behalf and at their expense. · . . ·
(2! Contracts made by· or on behalf of the Authority s}ittll be enforceable by
· or against the Authority and not by or against the Fedeq1tion, and, . s,ubject to
any provision whiCh may hereafter be. made by 1\ct of thiY Federal I,egislature,
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[26·GJ!lo<.·I> & 1 E,nw: S.]; G6ve1-nm£Jn-t of J'A4i4' Act, 1935. '· [CB:. 2'.]
the ·Authority may suiVand be sued iri the .like marn1er .a.nd ~n the like c'ase's as
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a comp.any operating a r~ilway' may sue and be sued; .. ·· . . · . · .·
. Provid.,ed that tl;i.is silbsection d,oes not apply -in relation . to any contract
decla.i;ed b'y itf> t~rms to be supplemental tQ a contract made before ~he establish-.
· ment of the Authority, and any such supplemental contract m::i.y be enforqed in
·any manner in· ,which the pnncipal ctintract may be enforced. · . . ·. ·
(3) The Authority may make :working agreements :with, and carry ol.. working ·
, . agreement& made •with, any Indian S.tate or person owning or operating l}ny l'ail
way in India, or in territorie.i> adjacent to India, .with _:respect t~ the persons by
whom'
~nd
the terms on which any of the railways with wh.ich the ,.Parti~.s ~re~
respectrvely concerned !3haU ·be operated, · · · ·
"' 186. F.in'ance of the Railway Authorit'y.-{1) The Authority shaH establish,
Iilll.hl~aiu. and control a fund.(which shall be known e;s. the "Baihvay Fund") ahd
.all moneys received by the Authority, whether on revenue account or on ca.pita1
:acc·ount, in the, discharge of tlJ:eir funotiohs al).d all moneys prt>vided, whethel'. on .
:revenue account or on capital ac.count, out of the hivenues -of th:e }federation, to
~nable them ·to discharge those func;tions shall be p?-id into that Fund, and an··
expend'iture, whether on: ,revenue account or on capital account, required for the
'discharge of 'their functions shall .be defrayed out of· that 'Fund: .
· Provided that nothing .in this subsection shall prevent ,the Authority .from
.. establishing and, maintaining separate provident' fun.f].s for the benefit of persons
. whp are
-0r
have hee!l emp~qyed 1n .efonnection: with railways. > ·
· . . (2) The. receipts of the. Auth0rity on revenue account in !my financial yAa>;
$hall be applied in~ .·· , · · · ·
(a) defraying working expenses;
(b) meeting paymeriti;; due . under: contracts or agree~ents to railway under-
taking(':! ; · · · ·
. (c) paying pensions, and, 0ontributions to provident fund,s,
(d) repaying to the r\evenues of the Federation so much of any pensions and
oontributions to provident fund!> charged by this A:ct on those revenues as is
.at~ributable to service onrailways in India;
, (e) making due provision for maintenance, renewala, improvements aild
. depreciation; · · · · · · ·
f ; '
(f) making to the re.venues of :the Fedeiatioi:+ any payments by way of iriteresfi
which .they are required by tqis Part of this Act to make; arid . · . . .
~O) defrayjng other expenses J,lfoporly chargeable a.gain13trcvonue in tha.~ yea.r.
(3) A.D.y surplus.es on. revenue account shown in tlie accou.nts of tpe Authority
sha.11 be<apportioned between the Federation an:d the Autho:1;ity1fo accordance
with a scheme tb be n,re.pared, and from time to time reviewed, by the Federal
Government, . or, until such a scheme has been prepared, in . accordance· with the
principle& :which immediately b,efore .the establishment of the Authority regulat •.
·.ea the application of surplusesin railway accounts, and any sum apportioned_:1
·to the Federation under ·this subsection sha).l b~ . transferred accordingly 1.md·
shall form part of .the' revenues of the Federati-0n.
(4) The Federation may provide any moneys, whether on· revenue account
or capital account, for the purposes of the Railway Authority, but, where anY,
moneys are so ,provided, the provision thereof shall be deemed to be expenditure
and shaJ.l accordingly be shown as suclt in the estimates of expendliture laid
before .the Chambers of the Legislature. · .• ·
187. Provisions as to certain obligations of the Railway Authority.-(1) Thffi"e
l'lhA.11 b1:. df.1eme.d to be o~ring from the Authority tb the Federation such sum as
may be agreed or, in defoult of agreei:nent, determined by· the Governor-General'
in hfo d
1iscretion, to be, equivalent to the amount oi the moneys provided, whe- ,.
ther before or after the passing of this Act,· out of the revenues of India or of the
. Feileratfon for capital purll.oses in connectio;n with i-ailways in India (exclusiY<
of Burma) and. the.Authority shall out of their receipts, on revenue account pay
to the Federation tint~rest on that amount at such rate as may be, so agreed or
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',determined, ~nd also make payments in reductfon.'o:f the.prlrioipal of' that ·al;Ilouut.
"in :iceordaiice with a repayment. 'Sch em~ 'so g,greed. ·or · e~ermined~ . . • · c. ·
]fox
_the pµrposes 'of
this subsootion, where .the nary of . State in Council
has assumed or i,pcurred any obligation in connection >rith· any .srich railways, he.
shall be de.enied to have· :i;irovided for" th~ said purposes an amount equal to the
capital value ·of tha~· obligation as shown in the accotihts of the Goyei:run~nt of
India immedil:ttely before the establishment of the Authority. .
. Ntithing.
thfa
subsection sh~ll' be .construed · a.S preventing ·the AutboFity
from making payments ,to the Federa~ion in reduction of .the principal of any such
amoupt as aforesaid {JUt Of moneys otlier, th,an receipts On reve~Ue aCCOUl~t. . I
. (2) It shall qe an qbligation of the Authority to r.epa? to tp.e Federation any ·
sums defrayed out of the revenues 0f ~he. Federat10n m respect of any debt;
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damages, ·costs, or e:xpenses in, .or in conn~ction with, any. proceedings _brought
or Mntinued by or against the.Fed.eration or against the. Secretary of 'Stat~ uud~r-
. Part VII of this. A.ct ~n respect. o~ railways in India, '.; .
(3) lt sJ;i~ll be 'an obligatio:r'i of the. ,Authority t.O pay ·t.<> :Sny. Province oi:, Indian
State such sums a~'rnay be equivaleiht tq the expenses incurred by that Prqvfoce
or State in the provision of police .rllquired for the rl'.l.aintenance.?of_ order oll
Federal railway pi'em:ises, ·and any question which may a;rise 'between the Author
ity and a• Province or State as to' the. amciun t of any expf,fllses so · inctirreP,. shi:i.H
be·determined by the Goveqior-General in his discr~tion. · · .~'. .· ·
i, '. 188. Investment of fu;nd,g of Railway Authority:~Subject to.-such condi~ions,
/
if any, as may be pre.scribed by the F,ederal Government,· the Authority ·may,
fr~m time to time invest any moneys in the railway fund qr ~any provident fund
which ·are not for the time being ;required to m-eet expenses .p;roperly 'defrayable
..lut
of th11t
fund, and may,· subject ?-s aforesaid, from time to time tr~nsfer .
and" realfae
investments made_
by them. . . . , ·. · . . . .
· ?89
11
Special provisions as -to oettain existi:iig f'unds.:....:.(1) Nothing in the fore-
going provisions of this Part of . this Act shall ·be construed as ·entitling the
1
• Authority to ~quire that any :moneys which immediately before the e11tablisb-
, ment _of the ·Authority were held by the Governor-General. in Council on account
.
r.:· ,. , of any railway depreciatfon fund, reserve fund or provident fund. shall-be tmn~-
' · ferred to the Authority for investment by . them, bl!t the Authority may from
ti~e t.o time r uire the transfer to themselves of so muod,b.. of ~ny such fund as .
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.. they require t.o y expenditure cha.i'geable against that fond, ana 1.ihe Feder~ · ·
Government shall credit each· such / fund with interest on the untransferred
,balance thereof at such rate as may'< be agreecl, . or; hi de:fauit of agree:Q:1ent;
determined. by, the Governor-General in Ms di'S.Cretion. . ' · · , · ·
(2) In this section references to any such fund as atoresaid shall be construed
as refere:p.ces to so much of that furi(l a_i:; is not fftt:i;ibuMble to the railwa;fa of
Burina · · .
• . 190. Audit and annual repQrts.'-(1) The acb'<x1nt.s of the rec~ipts and expendi-..
·ture. of ~h~ Authority .shall be audited and certified by, or on behalf of, the.
Auditor-General of India.
. (2) . The: Al,lthority roan publish annualiy a report of their' .operations during
tb.e precedmg ;year and a statement, of. accounts in a form approved by the
A.uditor.-General. . · . · ·· . . · ·
· 191. Ra:l.lway Rates Oommittee.'.......Th.e Governor-Ge,neral may fi:om 'time ~ ·
tim~ app~int a Rail.way Rates Committee to ~ive advice to the Authority h~ con: ·
nection with anl dispute between persons usmg, or desiring to use, a railwa,y
and th~ ~uthonty as to rates .. or traffic fa:cilities whiyh he may require the
Authority to refer .to the committe.e. · . c.,.
192 .. .Bills and amendments fo1' regu_lating rat~~ and faria. to require reoo'lli
fllBndat;on of Governor-General.~A Bill or amendment. makin,g provjsioI)._for
regul.afling
~,he :i;ates or fares·
to be {}harg13d ori any railway shall not be introduced .
or mov~d m either Chamber' of thl") Federal Legislature except on the reeom'-
menda1non of the Governor-General. · · · ·
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''[2~ GE9.c 5 '& l E.nw. 8.J Ghverfknftnif PJ liiclia;;ie~, 1935. _:. · .... · :-; [Qit'. i~J' ·
": .·· ~93• · ~bli(l,atio?i of Raiiipay Ati.t.M'?t~;a~il .f.ed,et4ted :Stdt~s ,to afford '1-Ut1lal' .·
traffic facilitil'-8 and to a"V?ui u:ifair discnmiffO>~ion, etc.~(1) .,;[t .shall·be tJ:i.e <!uty .·
of the Autbority1 and· every 1federated State so to exerc~se, then: powers m rela~.
·tion. to the railways with which they. at.¢ respectively . concerned as t.o afford an: ..
reu.sonable facilities for the receivinlt; fo'ryva«ding, and d.elivering of traffic~1;1;p'on' ·
and from those .railways, incli.J,ding the-receiv'ing, forwarding, and deiiveriJlg· of
th;ough.'traffic at t~rough 'rates, and .as ~o s?cl/'re ~hat there Bhall be .betw~e.n. ~ne; ..
railway ilystem a.nd another no unfair d1scr1mmav1on, by the gnmtmg •of unuue: .
preferences or otherwise, and no unfair or \llleconomic competitiqn. . . ··. '' ..
\2) ·Any complaiP.-~ by .the Aut~ority aga'inst ·a Federated •. S~a.tE) ·or· by. a-,
Federated State agamst the 'Authority on tl;ie groim:d that the prov1s1ons of t.he
· prec,edinr, subsection .have not been complied with shall be mad13 to and deter-
mi:µed by the Ri:i.ilway TribunaL ' · · · /, . ·· . · . · · · -·
. ~94,. Appeal by. State to Railway .'Piibunal from certain diredtions_<Jj. Railway:
'Autkority.-If the' Authority~ in ~he exercise of any.executive authoriijy of t,he· •
Federation· in.
relat~on
to interchange of t,raffic, or maximum<or mhi~muni rates'.
· ·."arid
far~s, or statiion or -aerviee terminal char~es,. give
any direc'tio.i+ to a, E'ederap.-
ed State,:· the State may· complain that the .: direction discriminates unraitly ·
. against the railway13 or the State, or imposes Oii the.' State an. obligation to.· afford'
.fnciliti~s which are not in the circumstances.. re_aso~ab'le., and any ~mch compla:int ·'
!)hall· be determined bi tlrn ~ailway TribU:rial. ~ , .· .. · . . .· . . · _
'. 195, Const-ruction and reconstruction of ,railways.-(1} The Governor"'Genetllol'
i:i.cting 'in his discretion sliall make rule-s requiring th(). Authority and any Fede·
rated State to give notice 'in. 1:1uch cases iis the ntles ma)" prescribe of any pro
posal for constructing a railway or for altering the alignment or ·gauge of a ra11~ •
way, and to deposit plmis. · - , '
(2) The rules so' made' shall . contain ,.provisfons enabling objections to be·
~odged by the Authority or by a Federated State on the gMund that the c.a:trying
out of the propo-sal wilLresult in unfair .or uneconomic competitio:i;i with a Federf.f!:
railway or ;a State railway, as the case may be, and, if an objection: so lodged is
not withdrawn withm the prescribed time, the Governor~General shall. ref.er to·
,the Railway Tribunal the ·question whether the ·proposal ought to be carried intcY
effect, either without modif,icatiOn' or witJ;i such . modification as ,the Tri'Qiirial'
may
P.pp~ove,
and the proposal shall not be prodeeded with save in Q.ccordance, ·
'with the dec
1ision.of the Tribunal. ·
· .. · .. (lJ) This· se.ytion shq.11 not· apply in any ·case where the Governor-Gener~! in·
.his disc;i:etion certifies that for reasons. connected with defence effect sho,1ld, or-
1 should not, be given to ~ proposaL
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Railway Tribunal.__,_,(1) There ehall be a-';l'ribunal (in this Act 'relerred!
to as "the J;tailway Tribunal"} cons'isting of a President and two other persons
:to be selected to aet in each case l;iy the Go:vernor-Gen~ral in }lis ~iscretionfrom~
a pa11el of eight person.s appointed by him in his discretion, being'.penions wi,tn>·
railway; admin~st.rative,' or business (lxpe:i;ience. ·
· (2) Tqg Preside.nt shall· be such one of the jv,dges of the Federal. Court· as'
.
ma_y be appointed.
for th,e purpose by' the Go:vernor-Gen(;)ral in his dfacr~tiofr
after consultation·with .the Chief Justice Of India and shall hold office for s.uch
period
of ·not
less than five yqars as may be spe6ified in the appoiritmei1t, and'
shall be eligible for. re-appointment for a further period of :fi:ye yeam:i or any less·
period: · -
Prpvided that, if the.President ceas9s to be a judge of the Federal Court, he·
shaU thereupon cease to be President of the Tribunal .and, if he is for any reaooti
0
t~mporarily unable to act, . t,he Governor.-General in his discretion may after the·
Hke con~mltation ap,p()i.nt ano.ther judge of the Federal Court to act for the time
befog in his place. · . · · ·. _ · · · · ,
(3) It shall b~ 'the duty ~f the Railway Tribunal to exe~Cise such jurisdicti~:n·
as is ·conferred on it ·by this A<i , and for that purpose the Tribuhab may make;,
such. orders, including interiin orders, orders. v,arying or discharging a. direction
.or OJ:'.der ofthe Authority,.,orders for the payment of compensation or .di:.mti.g~
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~nd ot'costs and oiiders fol' the prodti:ctjon of documep:tl; and the atte.ndii.nce
witiiesses, as the''circum·stances
of the case,m~y reqljire,:
and .it shall b~ the :du .
.
of
th•3 Authority a.Ifd oi'e'yery Federated Sta.te J:i .. nd of< every other person · •
:autliority afie.cted thereby to 'give e.(Iect to; ~ny .sucli order.. . . . ' ·, . · .
, (4) ·4-n 'appeal ·shall lie to the F:ed.eral C{cfurt from .any decision of ~h~ Railwa.
'Tribunal on a question 0f law,, but no. appeal shf!.11 he · fl:om the dec1s1o:Q. of th
.Fedel'o.l Court on any such arpeal. , . . . . , · . .
(5) 'l:he Railwaw Tribu,,nal'or th~ Fe~eral Court,_ as .the ·c~e may be! m?'y, ?n .
..application made for the. purpose; if .s,at1sfied that m view ~f an, alteyatwn
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. · circumstances it is pro~r so to do, vary or revoke a,ny previous or,der ma'dsi by 'J;t ..
. . · (6) 'l'he President of the Railway · '.fribunal ma:)', .with, the 8.J?proval, o~ t~e
Governor-.General in his d~scretion, mak,e rules regulatmg the practice anq proce~
·dure of the. Tribunal and the fees to be taken in• proceedin:gs before it. · · · '
. (7) Sul::ject. to. the _provisions of this. se(;}tion relating to appeals to· the Federal
:Court, iio coUrt shall • have any jurisdiction with respect t.o any !llatter with
. .rea,,pect to which the Railway TciounaLhas jurisdiqtion. · . . . . . .
· . · · (13)' There shall be paid out of. the revenues ot. the Fe4eration to ·the 'mefitbets ·
>Of the Railway Tribunal other than the President such remuneration as. may b~
determined by the Governor-General ·in his . discretion, . and the. ad.ll\inh;trathre.
·expenses of the Railway Tribunal, focluding any s131ch remurteration ail.. ,.afqresaid;
shall
be; charged on the
revenues of the Federation, and any foes or other m01ieys ..
taken by the Tribu:q.al shall form part of those revenues. · .. . · · .
1
· The Govern.or-General shall exercise Ms . individual · judgment as to the
.amount· to be included . in respect of the administrative expenses ·of .the· Railway
' 'Tribunal in any estimates or expenditure laid by him before the Chamb,erB of the'
· Federal LegislaWre. · · /
197. Right!!_ of railway o~mpanie8 i,n resp1;c~ of ·arbitration under. contracts.~
((1) Without prejudice to ihe ·general proyisions of .this Act. with respect·.to rights
isn,d liabilities uqder contracts made by or on behalf/ bf the Secretary of State in. ·
Council,, the provisfons of this section shall have effect with. respect to any con~,
tra:it so made with a railway ·comi,>any which immediately before the conl.mence•
m:ent of Part HI of t.his Act was operat1ng a railway in British In,dia. · ..
(2) H a dispute anses under any such contract between . the· railway company .
•concerned and ei.ther the Authority or the ]'ederal 9overnment, and if t'ti;e mf, ter
Jn dispute is of sµch a nature that under t:p.e eon tract the colllpany might require
-0r. but for. some ptovision of this Act, might ,have required, it to be . sub1nitte<l
to arbitration, tlie dispute shall be. deeµied to h1we arisen 'petwee.n t'.he · co:t11pany
.and the Secretary of State, and the provisions of the contract relating to. the .
.determin~tion of such a dispute shall• have .effect with the substit'utio:ll of thE.1
Secretary of Stat~Jorthe·Secretary of·State•in Council. ,
Auy a.ward
made
in an arbitration unc\er the foregoing provisions of this sec~
tio1~ and any settfement o:f the, dispute agreed to by .the Secretary of State With
the concurrence of his advisers shall be binding on the Federal Government and
the A:uthority, •and any: sum which.the Se9retary of State niay become liable or
' 'may so agree to pay by way of debt, damage or costs, and any -costs or expenhes·
·
inc'l,UTed
by him in connection with the matter; shall be paid· out oi the revenues
of the Federati~:m :and' shall be charged on those tevenueS; but shall be a debt clue
to the Federation from the .Authority. , · . . ·
198. Railways in Indian States which have 'not federated.-If and in ;;o fa~
.as His· ;i\:lajesty's Representative for the exercise of the functions of the Crown in
its relations with Indian States may entrust to._the Authority the performanc~
of any functions 'in. relation to railways in an Indian State which is not a :B'ede;.
rated State, the Authority shall undertake the perfor:tnance of those functions.
199'.
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0fficial directors of Indian railway co~panies,'--:-Any rowers of· th
. :Secretary .of .State in Council with i;espect tO the . appointment o directors an
· .
1.Thfa
section canio into force on the lst April, 1937 . subjeo.t ,to. textual 'a.ltera.tidns unt.
·--aatabhshmen: of Federal Railway Authority, under para.. 3, G. of I. (0: T. Prov.) (NC!. ~ O.
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deputy diiectors of In~ian. ra~way c9mp~riies ~l\.all be exerci~ed by the Gov:rnor-·
General in his d~scretion after consultation with the Authority.
. . PART IX.-THE JUDICATURE.
. . CHAPTER I1 .
. The Fed.era[ Court, ..
200. Establishment and constitution of Federal Court,_-(1) There shall be a
Federn:l Court cio.nsisting of a Chief Justice of India and such ~lii:tbei' of other
judgffis as His Majesty m,ay deem necessary, but ;unless and until an addres~ l~a&
been presented by _the F'ederal Legislature ·to the _G~verp.or-~eneral for suorn:s-·
sion to His Majesty praying for aIJ. 'increase irr the number -,of JU~ges~. the number·
of puisne judges shall not exceed six. · · ·
(~) Every judge of tJ;ie Fe<;leral Court shall be .appointed by _His M·ij~~~y by
warrant under ,the Royal S'ign Manual a11:d sha.Jl hold office l.mtil he attu111s the.'
age of sixty-five ·years:· · ·
'Provided that_:_
.. (a) .ii, judge may by resignation under his hand' "~ddressed to the Governor:..
General ·resign his office; · • · ·· · . -
• (b) a judge may be removed from his office by His Majesty by warrant under
the Royal Sign Manual 011 the ground of misbehaviour .or 0f infirmity of mind
or bOdy, if the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,, on referenc'l being made·
to them Hy Ris Majesty, report that the judge ought C!n any such ground to bei
removed.· · · · .
. . (3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Federal
Court tmless he- '" · · .
(a) bas been for at least five years a judge of a High Oourt)n British India
or in ~ Federated State; or · . · .. · · ·
(b) i's a barrister of Englan<f'or Northern Ir.eland of a~ least ten years stand-·
ing, or a member of the Fa{}ulty of Advocates in Scotland of at least ten years
standing; mi · . . . . ,
/ ( c) ha8 been for at least ten years a _pleader of a· High Court· in British India.
or in a Federated State or of two or more such Courts in succession:
· Provided tha:t-~- . .
(i) a' person shall not be .qualified for appointment ~··Chief ·Justice, of India
unless be is, or when first appointed to· judicial office waB, a barrister, a member-
£ · of the _Faculty of .,,_dvocates qr a pleader; and _ ·
==-_,,,,,..~ (ii) in relation to the Chief Justice of India, for fp.e references in paragraphs:
~ _(b) and (c) of ~bis sub-sectiOn to ten years there.shall be subzj;_ituted references: to
£ fifteen years. ·· , · · . . . · ·
~ Ir. corripliting for the purposes 0£ this subsection the standjng ,of. a barrister·
i: or 11 member of the Fa.(\ulty of Advocates, or the period during which a person
< bas been a pleader, any period during which a person has held judicial office
fl after he became a barrister, a member of the Faculty of Advoca'tes or a pleader,
~-. as th5 case.may be, shall be included. ·· , ·
i. . (4) Ev~e~. person appointed to· be a judge of the Federal Court shall, before
{! he enters upon his office, make and subscribe before the Governor-General or
~ some i:erson appoin\ed 'by him an ,oath. according to the form set .out i~1 that
{ ·behalf m the Fourth Schedule to this Act.'
_201. Salm·ies, etc., of judges.~The judges of the Federal Court sho.11 be
. entitleg to . such sa)aries and allowances, including allowances for expenses in
respect
of
equip;ment, and travelling upon appointment, arid to such riohts in
~e.erect o~ leave and ·pensions, as .may from ti.me to time !J.e fixed by His Majesty
m Council : . · . · . /
... Provided that ~either the salary of a judge por his rights in respect ~f leave·
of a9,sence or pension shall be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment .
. '2p2. 'T'emp?rary appointment of actiJtg Chief. Justice.-If the officA of <'ihief
Jusfa~e or India becomes vacant; or i£ the Chief J u_stice is; by .reason of absence
or for . ...Rny other !'eason, unable to perform the duties of his office, those duties
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'.I'his chapter, except ss. 206 and 215 came into force on t.h~ Ist October, 1937, subject
to proviso as to s. 205, under G. of I. (F. Ct.) 0., 1936, pa,ra 3-.
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:[CH. Geve\'npient Qj India Aot, 19.35; · • [26 G~~· 5 & 1 EDw. s:
shall, until some person appointt~d by His ;M:ajesty to the vacant office h
entered on the dutiesJhereof, or until'. the Chief Justice has resumed his dutie
as' the cas~ may be) be performed ·by such one of the other judges· of the cou .
as. the Governor-Genej·al Inay in. his discretio.n appoint for the purpose.
P.ower
t.o appoint aoting
puisne j'ridges of. the F(ideral COurt.--1[.(2) · ILth
· <,ffice 'of any Qther judge of the ]'ederal. Court becomes vacant, or if any'."su
judge is appointed to act temporarily· as Chief Justice of India or is by reas
of_ absence, or for· any other reason,.· unable to perform the duties of his offi
the Governor-General may in his discretion app'oint a judge of a High Co
. who is .duly qualified for appointment as. ~ judge. of the Federal Court to a
, rte:rnp6rarily as a judge of ~hat court, and the person ~o appointed shall, unle
'the. Gove~nor-General his discretioir thinks fit-to. revoke .his appointment, b
deemed to ·be a judge of the F.ederal Court until some person appointed. by
' Majesty to the .vacant office has entered 011 the duties thereof, or untU
permanent judge: has resumed his duties. J · ·
· 2[ (3)· If the Governor-GY.n'etal in his· discretiort
t1 report from the Chief Justice of India-- , .. .
(a) that in view of some personal interest which any judge of the Fed
Cmirt has. in· the decision of any particular case, . or· of some. part· which
judge of the Federal-Court has aJready taken, as judge or pouhsel or otherwise
in 01: in·~·elation to any particular case (whether or not while it was before th
Jl'ederal Court); that judge ought not to take part .in the hearing and determina.
tion thereof, and · ·. · . · · . • . . _ . . ·
(b) that. without that judge. there are n6't sufficient judges of the Federa
Court a.vailable to for that purpose, , •
the Governor~General may in his discretion appoint a judge of a High Court wh
duly qualified for-appointment l:J.S judge of th,e Federal Court .to act te:rnporaril
a;; a judge of that court and the person so 'app0inteq shall, unless the Govern()
General in his discretion thinks fit to revoke his appointment, be-deemed to be·.
judge. of the Federal Court' until that case .has been be.ar.d and determined b;
:1,he Federti.l Court. J · · · · · . · ~· . .·
. 20.3, Seat of Federal Cou1·t.-:The Federal Court sJiall !:ie a court of recoi·
m~d shall sit in Delhi and at -such ·other pl!!-cti or places,. if. any
1 as the' Chi~.
J_mmce O! • .fndia,,rnay, with the approval of tpe Govern;or-GenernL fro:::n time
time appomt. · . . ·. · .. . . . -.
. 204 .. Origi.mtl. jurisdidtion of Fedetal Oourt.-(1) 8ubject to the provisions
this Act, ·the Federal Coury shall, .to the exclusion or any other court, ha
an original jurisdiction in any dispute .between ahy two or more· or the loll
partiei;;
1 th~t is to say, the Federation, any of the Provinces or any of the Federa
. ed States., if and in so far as the dispute involves any question (whether of la
01· fact) on which the exif)tence or extent of a legal rigpt depends:
· . Provide!l that the said ji.¢sdiction shal.J not extend. to_:-_ •
(a) a <lispute to which-a State is a party, unless the dispufo
(i) concerns tb,e l:nterpretation of 'this Act Ol' of. al!) Order in Council ma
t1v1reunder, ·or the .extent of· the ·legislative or executive. i:t<:!j{hority vested in · t
:Federation by virtue' of the Instrument of .Accessfon 0£. that''stU:te · or
· (i_i) arises under an agreement ·made under Part ·y1 o.f this Ai.ct in relation
tl~e adrnfoistration .in that State .of.a law of the Federal Leg}:dlature, or othe
WlSe concerns some matter with r·espec~ to which the Federal Legislature h.
·-power to make laws for that State;. or , . · · • · ;
. (iii) arises, under at}· a~reement .made after .the establishment nf the Fed .
tion, with the approval of His' Majesty's Representative for the e~ercise of
functions· of
the
Crown in itS relations with Indian States, between that Sta
:and the F~?e:at!on. o: a Province! 'being <t".l agre~ment wh~ch expressly· provid
that the said JUr1sq1ction shall extend to such a dispute; · .. · ·
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. .
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~dded s.1, the India (Federal Court Jt~dges) Act, 1942 (/; & 6 Geo. 6, oh. 7) (with.rest
peot1ve effect). · · · · ,
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· (b) a dispute arising ·under any agreement.whi.ch expressly provides. that the.
said jurisdiction shall not extend to sue~ a dispute.::-. ... . . ·. . · . . . .
· · · (2) The· Federal C9m·~ in the exercisj of * · 0~1gmal. Jurrsd1ctron. shall not
:Pc!!Onounce any judgment ·other than a declaratory ]'udgment. · . . _ · ·
i2o5.
Appellate jurisdidfow of Fedi!ral {)outf m appeaLsj1·om High O.ourts
an Brit.is.'i
lncl.ia.-(1)
An appealshall lie to the Federal Court from. any judg·
ment, decwe or final ordei· of a. ;High Court in British India,~ if the High Court
.. certifies that the.case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpreta·
~ion of this Act or any 'Order in Council IU_ade ~hereunder, and it shall be-the
Q.uty of ev~ry High Court in British India to/ consider in every case whether ,
-.c)f not any such question is involved and of its own. motion to giye Qr to with-
hold a certificate accordingly.. . .
(2) Whe:oo such a certificate is given,· any party . the case ·rnaY.' appeal to
tl;te F'ederal Court 3)n the ground that a,ny such question' as aforesaid has been
wrongly decided, and on any ground on which that parey could ~have appealed
without special leave to His Majesty in Council. if no such certificate had been
~ .given, and, with the lE)ave o~ the Federal Court, ori'any other ground, and no
direct appeal shall liEl to His Majesty in. Qouncil, either with or without'·special
. leave. . . . ... · , . . . . . • , -. . . . . .
. .20il.
Power -of Federal LegislatU1·e tQ. enlarge cippellate }urisdfotion'.'"'-(1}
The
Fe1eral Legislature may by Act provide .:thatinsuch civil cases as may b,e speci·
. ned in the Act an appeal shall lie to the FederalCoutt from a judgment, d.ecree
~ o.r-finaJ order 0£ a·High C,oll;I't··_'in British India-·without._any such Certifi_cat-e as
aforesaid, but no appefil shall lie under any such A~t unless- -
(a) the amount or value of the subject matter of the. dispute in the court of
:first instance. and 1:1till in diSJ)Ute on appeal-was and is not less than ;fi£ty: thotisand
1'\:!pees or such other sum not less than fi'fteen thousand rupees as may be
@pecified.by the Act; or .the judgment, decree or .final order involves directly ,or
indirectly some claim or question resp·ecting property 0£ the like amount or valu_e;
.er . , . , . . . . . .
· (b) ·the Federal Qourt gives special leave to appeal.
{2) If the Federal L~gistature makes such . provision as is mentioned in the,
last preceding subsection, consequentiaJ. provision· may also be made by Act of
~he Federal Legisl_ature for the abolition in whole or in 'part of direct appeals
m civil. cases fro~ J:Iigh Courts in British India to ll;is Majesty in Council,
either with or without special leave. . · .. · · · ... . . · ..
. (3) A Bill Or amenuil1ent ,for any of the purposes speGified 'this se~tion
sha\l n?t be introduced.into, or moved in, either Chamber of .the FederalLegisla-
-ture without the previous sanction of tho G:overnor General in his discretion.
· 207 • ;JppcUate ju1·1sdiotion of Fede·raL .Court in appeals from High Courts in. ,
Federa!ti(l Sta:·tes.--'-(l) An app~al shall lie to the Federal (Jo).ii't from . a J:Jigh. -
Court m a ~ederated State on ,the ground that a question of law has heen
·wTongly decided, be,ing a question which concerns the interpretation of this
/Act ?r of: an Order in Council m·ade thereunder or the extent of tho legislative
· -0r exe~utive authority ve.sted in the Federation by virtue of' the Jns,h'urrient of
A?cess1on of that .Sta;te, or ·arises under an agreement made under Part VI .of ·
thrn Act-in relation to the administration in that. State "0£ a. law of the Federal
Legislature. ·· · · ·
(2) An appeal under this section shall be by way of special case to be
st.ated for the opinion of the Federal Court by the High Court, and the Federal
Court may require a case to bs so stated, and may return any· case so stated
· .. in order that further facts may be stated therein. · . ·
208. AppeiilE< to His Majesty in Ooundl.-Ail'appeal may'"'be hro~ght to His
Majesty in Council from a decision of tbe Federal Court--. .
(a) from any judgment of the Federal Court given in the exereii:ie of its
m•igi:nal ,jurisdiction hi any dispute whfoh concerns the il'.}.terpretatipn of this Act
-0r of an Order in Council made thereunder, or -t~e extent of. the legislative or
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executive authority vested in the Federation by vit~_ue of the Inst1:'ument of
. Accession of any State, or arises under ai1 agreement made under fart VI of
. this Act rt;lation: to. the itdministr~tion in any State ·of a law-of the Federal·
Legislature,· without leave; and . ·. · · . . · . . . · .
(b)
in any other
ca:se, ·by leave 0£ the Federal Court or of His MaJesty in
OounciL . . . . . . . .
2U9. Forni of .judgment on appeal.-(1) The Federal Court shall, whem ii.
ttHows an appeal, remit the case to the court from which the apreal was .brought
, with a d~claration as to the. judgment, decree or order which is to be $.Ubstituted!
"' for the judgment, deci:ee or .order appealed agains~,. and.. the court fro;m which
tl).e appeal was brought shall give effect to the decHi10n of the Federal Court.
(2) · Where the Fe_deral, Court upon any. appeal makes any order as to. the
costs of the pr.oce.ediugs in the Federal Oouit, it shall, as soon aw the amount
· of the costi:; to be paid is ascertained, transmit its order for tl:}c payment. of that
slim to th<i_ court from which the appeal was 'brough~ and tliat-court shall give ..
· · effect to the order. . . · · . .. . . . · .. · . . ·.· _·
(3} Th"' F!3<1eial ·Court may, subject to such terms .or conditions 'as .it may'
think' fit tu impose, order .. a stay 0£ execution in any case under appeal to the .
Court, '.peuding the hearing of the appeal, -and execution . sh,all be stayed
· accordillgly; · · · . · . . .
210.
Enforc<fment of decrees ·
and 01:ders of Fed-eral Court and orders :i-s fo'
discove1·y, etc.~(i) All authorities, civil and judicial, throughout the Federation,
shall act iu aid of iihe Federal Court. · ' · · ,
• (2) The Federal· Court shall, as respects British India and the. Federated
Stat,es, have powe~ to make any order for -the purpose of securing'the attendance.'
pf·
any per.:;_on,
the discovery or production .of any doe\.iments; or the investigation
0£ punisbmeni!_ of any contempt,of court, which any High Qourt fo British. India.-..
i1c:s power to make as respects the territory wi_thin its jurisdiction, and· any i;iuoh -
· or,ders,
'a,11d
any orders of _the· Federal Court ar:i to the costs oL .. and incidenbf to· -
any procuedings · th~reill, shall be enforceable by all courts and authorities in . ·
every_. pai:t of British Indi~ or: of any Federate<} State. as if they were o~ders.
dui_;v by tho highest court exercising civil or criminal jurisdiction, as the
·case mc.,y '·be; in that park
' (3J i~othing in thi~ -section-,-
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' (a) shall apply to any su~h order with respect to Goats as is mentioned ht sub~··
section <4f of the last pr,eceding section;. or . / . ' . . .
. _ · .. (b) shall, as regards
1 a _Fe~efit~ed State, apply ill re~ation. to any jurisdictiOn
exercisable by the :Federal Cour.t by reason only. of the makmg by, the Federal
l.iegislature o:f such provision as is menfamed in tnis chapter for erila1·g~ng the
appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
~ 211. Leiter-s of request to Federated States . .:.....:.Whe1;e any case the Fecfo1·ai
Com-t require a speci:;i,l case to be stated or re-stated by·, or remit a_ case to, or ·
i::irder a sfay of execution in a case from, a High Court in a Federated State;
or requite the aid of _the civil or jii.dicial authorities in· --·a Federated· State
the Fed~•Hl Court shall cau~e letters of request in iihat behalf .to be sent to the
Hulei: of the State, and the Ih-1ler shall cause such comthunication to be made
tio the H~gh Court_ OJ.: to ;a.ny jud~cial or civil authm:lty as the circumstances-·
ma_v require. · . , .
· 212. Law declared by Federal Court an-d Privy Oouncil to be binding on ail
co1irts.-The law declared by the Federal Court and by. any judgment of the·
Privv Council shall, srr :far as applicabl61., be recogni,sed as binding on, and shall
~e followed by, aJJ 0011rts in British India, and, so far as respects the applica-
tion and interprei;a.tio:n of this Act or any Order in Council thereunder or any
matt.er with respect to. whfoh the Federal Legishtture h3s power to make laws in
l'elation to the State, m any_ Federated qtate. . ~-
. '2l~. Po1oe7 of Go·oe;r-?io1'-Gen~.rai to consuU Fe.derat Oouit.~(1) H . o.t nny
t1me it appears to the Governor-General that a question of law ha.s arisen or it:i
~ikelv .t') arise, which is of such a imh1re and of such·public il;np~rtance th~t it is .
•n:pcdJent to obtain the opinion of >the Federa_l Court upon it,_ he may in his
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d;is<Tetion ref¢r
the q~ei;itiqh, t~ th\j-t
court fqr consideration, 'and the coUI:t m,ay,
.after such l:tearing .. as they ~hink fit, .report· fo the Governor-9eneial ·thereon.·
. (2) N".-repqrt shall· be made lind'3r this section sl}ve in fl.Ccordapce with an
.opinion delivered in open covrt with the concurrence of a majority of the
jud~es prei;;ent at the hearing of the cas(,, but nothing in this sub~ection shall
be uef:'n1Gct to p'revent a judge who does not concur from delivering a dissenting ,
-0rinio)l.: ' · · · ·
. 214. Rules of court, etc.-'(l) Tli'3 Federal Court may from time to tfme,
with thc3 approval of the Governor-General in his discretion~ make ·rules of
.c6m;I for regulating generally the practi~e and procedure of the court, ~nchi'ding ·'
ru~'~" a05 to the persons prac,itising. before the court, as to the tirrie within :which
.v.rpeals to the. court ·are to be e;itered, as ·to the costs of and inciStental to a:riy '
pn;ree<lings in the court, . a~d as to the fees to be charged in respect of pro
.ceedings therein, and in particular may make rules providing for .. the summary
<let,ermination of a.ny appeal ·w,hieh appears tp the c9urt to be .frivolous or vexa-
tious or bl·!:mght for tbe .. purpose of ·delay. · . . . · . · . ·
(''2) Rul(3s made undy;r this sectioi). may fix the ininimum number of judges
,\Who are fo sit for oo.y purpose, so however that.cno case shall. b(3 decided by less
· than tLree j~dges: . _ . · . - ·
Pr·:~.vid~4 / tliat, i~ the ·Fed.era! Legislatur·e tila.k8s such provjsiOn as is
l.'.lentiopeJ in this chapte~ for ei1largfog the appellate jurisdiqtiOJi.l. of tlte court,
tha rules shall, p'rov!de for the ~onstitution of a special division of, the court for
::the purpose 0£ d(3ciding all cases which would ha.ve been within, the. jurisdiction
. -0f th<} court even i(,its jurisdic~iqn had not beeri so enlarged. · · ·
, ·. ~3) Subject to the provisions of any rules of court, the .Qhief Susti~e of
Indt,1
shalt
determine what judges are to constitute any division of the court
and what Judges are to sit for any purpose. . . . . . . . . ' ,
,. -( 4) No judgment shall be delivered by the Federal Court save in open , .
court, and with tbe conc!urrence 'of .a· majority of the Judges present at the. ·
..hear~g· of the case, but nothing in this· 1:1ubsection shall be de,emed to prevent
a jt:dgc who does not concur from delivering a dissenting judgfhent. ·
,( 5) All proceedings in the .Federal Court shall be. in the English, language.
I2H), Ancillary powers .of Federal Oourt.~The ]'ederal Legislature may make
pr,qvision by Act ' for conferring upon the Federal Court . suc_h supplei:rl.(3ntat
powers not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this· Act as may appear·
tO be necessary or desirable for the pµrpose of enabling the court more effectively
to exercisC' '.the jurisdictio1i conferred iiP..on it by or under thi!l Act. ·
216.
I!Jx7JiJ1/.ses
of Federal Court.-'-(l) The administrative expE)n:;ies of the.
)federal Court, including all salaries, allowances and pe11Sions payable to or in
rer;ped of the officers and servants of tl:ie court, shall be charged -upon the
_revenues of the Federation, and· any fees or other moneys taken by the court
shall form part of those nwenues. · ' . . ,
(2) The Govemor-General shall exercise his individual judgment as to the '
1m10ud to be inclmled in respect of the administrative expe1ises of the Federal
Court ir. any estimates of expenditure laid by him before thee Chambers of the
Federal Legislature.' - · · · · ·
217. Co~struc'tfon of 'referetices to Ej[lh .Courts in States.-References in
an,y provision of this Part of this Act to a High Court in a Fede:c.ated · State
shall be-construed a·s references to· any court which Eis Majesty may after
comnimiicfl,tion with the Ruler of the ,State, deClare to· be a High Court. for the
pmpose5 of that provision. · ... • . .. ·
2l8. Savings.-Nothing 1n .this ~hapter shall be c~nstrued as .conferrinu;, or
empowerii'1g the Federal Legislature to qonfer, any right of appeal to the F~deral
£?omt i11 a1~y case in which a High· Court in British India is exercising jurisdio
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tion on appeal from a court outside British India, .or as-affecting any rjght of
appeal in any such case to His Majesty 'in Council with or without leave. ·
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CHAPTER JI:.--,THE HIGH.COURTS IN ·BR:ITISII INDIA.
' 219. M eani~g· of ; 'Hi;h, dourl"-.~(1) '.l'h1(£~llowing courts shall i1;1-r.;lati<:n'. ta:
BritisJl India be d~em.ed to be High 'Courts lo~. tbe purposes of thrn Act.,. that·
is tJ say~ the High Courts in Calcutta, Madr~.s,,J?omb.~y,. All~hapad, L~hore,
and Patna ~the Chief Cour~ in. Oudh, the Jud101al Comm1ss10ner s Courts m the.
C:Sntral P;ovinces-:and l3erar, in thecNorth-Wefit Frontier Province and ill Sind,
any other oourir in British India oonstitl;lted or reco~stitut_e~ urnlm'. t!+is;chapt~r
as .a High Court, and any other co;mpara.ble court m Br1t1sh Indm wh1?h ffis
Majest;y in Council may dedare to be a High Court .. for the purposes of this Act:
2l Provided that, if provision has been made, w'hether before or after ~he
· commfl1ceinent · of Part III of this - . .
(a) by His Majesty by Letters Patent for the es!ablishr:ient Qf'a High Ci;rnrt.
·to replace any Court or Courts mentia.ned ·m, this subsect10n; or · . .. ~.
(b) by the appropriate Legislature in India £or t~e establish!Ilent·of a Ch~ef
Court to replace the J:udicial Commissioner?s .Court m. the North-West Frontier
Proviucn, or the Judicial Commissioner's Court in·Sind, .. ·· · ·.·· . · '
thei.1 as from·the establishment of ·the new court, this section shall have "effect
as if• .th~ new court were. inentioned therein in lieu o:f the' eourtc or courts so,
replaced. l · ·· . . . · . · . .
· ~2) .Ths· provision-S -of this chapter shaHap:ply to every High Court in Britis~·
· Iud•Sl,. .. . _
2~'l. Constitutiqn nf High Oourts.-(1) .. Evecy High Court shall be a co-qrl; of ·
reeorJ and sha.11 consist of a chief justice and such other judges as His Majesty·
m&y' from time to time. deem, it necessary to appoint: ' . . '
J?rovided that .:the judges so -appointed together with any .additional' judges;
appointee( by the Govemor-General Jn accordance wiLh the following p_rovi~ion&
of this chapter shall at no time exceed in number such maximum nm:riber a11
His Majesty .in Council ~nay fix in relation to that court. · . . ·· , · ·
(2) Every judge of a High Court shall .be appointelij, by His Majesty by war-·
rant under the Royal Sign Manual and sh~U hold office until he attains the 1'ge·
or si:Xt'· vears. . ' ' . ' ·' ·, ' ' ', '
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Pro-vided tha&--
. (a)'a.. judge may, by resi&natiori under his .hand addresse1 to the Governor· ..
·:resign hie office: · · . . . .. ; ·
. (q) a judge may be removed from his office by His Majesty by war.rant under-,
.tile Royal 'Sign Manual bn.the ground of misbehaviour or of infirmity of niind·.or
body if the Judicial Committee _of the. Privy Council, on reference lJ&ing made to,
th¢m by· His Majesty, report .that the judge ought on any such ground to be·
removed. ·· , · · · · · . · . . · · ·
· (3) A ·person shall not 'Qe qualified for appqiritment as a judge of a·High
Court ui'lless he...:.. · . · · . · ·
(a) is a barrister 0f E~gland or.' Northern Ireland, of at least t~n years
stranding, or a member of the .Faculty of Advocates in Scotland of at leMt ten
. years standing, or · · . · . · . · · .
.. . . (b) is a member of the Indian Civif f:;erVice of. at least teri~years standing~
· '!l'~o has for at least three years served as, or exercised the powers 9f, a ~istrict
Judge; or . .. · r· . . . ·
('c) has-for. at least five years held a· judicial office in British India noi
inferior to-Jhat (>£ a subordinate judge, or juQge of a small cause court; or ''
. (rlJ hae for at least ten years b!:len a pll'.!ader ·of any :High Court, or of two or
-mora 1rnch Courts in succession : ·
. ' :r~ovided .that a. person shall not, vnless he is, 'or when first appointed to
Jlldtcrnl office was, a barrister, a .n;.iember of the Faculty: 6i Advoca.tes or a
P\~.iadt·l'. be qualified for appointment 8i.B Chief Justice of any High Court eon
~tituted by lep~ers patent until he has served }or not less t}lari three yeara as .'a
3udge of a , B;1gh C.01:irt; . . · . . . . · · , ' . · '
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Subst. s, 6, the India and Burma (Miscellaneous Amendments) Aot, 1940 (~~ 4 Geo. 6, ch. 5.) ,,
>. AU.,U'1:S..:~ ~<'·"i1f,s r,r,,e£.3s ~).

:['.U~'Tf'ifo: '5'&TEI5w'. =S.J "Go'be1~nfne'i'Ct"trfJ~t1:i'r;:·ATi;;:,rn35;- .. ·' . . : [,\)H~. 2":1~ ..
. ln _computing for the purposes of this ~~bseqtfon ~he sta~ding o~ a ba~riste~.
or .a member of the Facul.ty .of ,Advoc'l'tt<;l$., or the p_enod d1;nnng which a person
has. been a plead~r, any period durfog which the pei·son has h~ld ju_dicial office> .
affer he .became. (l,. b·arrister, a membei; of the Faculty_ of Advocates., .or a-pleader,, ·
a~ the case may be, shall be inclUded. , . ·
. . (41· Eve).'.y person appointed to be a judge of a High Court shall, before 'he·
en tars· upoJ; his oftjce, make and: subscribe before ~he Go;yernor. or some per.son.
appointed
by him an oath
~ccoiding'to the form set out in th.at behalf in the
F~;urrh Schedule to this Act. · · ·. · · ·· · . · ·
· ~2;t. Salaries, etc., of judges.-The judges of the severa~~ High Courts shalf
be entitled to such· salaries and allowances, incfoding :allow~nces for. e:icpenses · .
in respeci, of equipment and travelling upon appointment, and to such rights in .
~espect o~_leave and perisions, as m~y froin time to time be fixed by His Majesty . ·
m Council : · .
Pro\~ided that neither the salary of a• judge~ ~or hls rights· in respect of·
cleave of ?bsence or pension; -shall be varied to hi:s disadvantage after his appoint-
rnent. ' · · · ·
. 2i2 . Tern.7Jo·rary and additiori,al judges.~(l) If the office of chief justice bf a '
High Cou:rt becorries vacant, or if any sucl:t chief j·ustice is by reason of absence,-·
.or fo:· a~1y other .reason, unable to periorrp the duties .of his office, those duties
shall,· ui1til some person:·. appointed. by" His Majesty to the vacant office/. has '.
ente1wl o11 the duties thereof, or. until th.e chief justice has resumed his duties,
·a·s the ca.sf) may be, be perfor:med by such one of the ot.her~judges of the cuurt
as the Governor-General may in-his:. discretion think tit to. appoint £or the--pui-
pose.-. . .
· (2) If the office of any· other judge of a rHigh Court becomes :vacant, or if;
a'1y-st1ch ,juqge is appointed to act temporarily as a chief justice, or "jg by
reason cif absence, or for any other reason. unable to perform the duties ()f_ his
-office, the Governor-General may in his discretiori appoint a person duly quali-_
fied for appointment as a judge_ to act as a judge of that court, arid the person.
so ?.ppointed shall, unless the Governor-General· in his -discretion thinks fit to
revoke-bis appointment, be deemed to be a judge of. that cour1'!' until some
person appointed by His Majesty to the vacant office has entered on the duties
thereof, or until the permanent judge has resumed his duties. ' ·
. (3) I£ by reason or any temporary increase in the business of any High-Court
or b··/ 're!ison of· arrears of work in any such ;court it appears to-the Governor-·
Genera:lthat. t~e number of the_ judges of the. court should ·~be foil the,
time. . being increased, the Gove:r;nor-General iri · ·. his ·discretion
. may,~i:bject to the .foregoing provisions of this chap_ter :With respect to the
mnximui1 number of judge8,1appoiI).t persons duly qualified for appointment ·as
judges to he additional judgJs of the court for such period. not exceeding two
yea1'"' _Hs he may specify.
-223. j~;,risdiction of existing· High Oourts.-Subje~t to tile provisions of }his.
Part qf this Act, tO the. provisions of any Order Jn Council made under this or
any ·other Act and to the provisions of any Act· of th:e 'appropria'te Legislature
enackd ·by virtue of powers· confernid on that Legislature by this Act, the _
·
·jmisdietion
of and the law administer-eel in, any existing High Court, and the
· 1€spec•Livt-_ powt~rs of the judges thereof in relation to the administration of.
justice in t.he court, including any power to make rules of court and to reaulate
the, sitti!lgs of the court and of m~mbers thereof sitti1ig al1~ne or in division c~urts,
sha1l be 1-he same as immediately before the (commencement of Part III of t:his
A~. . -
224. Ad.niinistrati~e functiofts of High Gourts.-(1) Ev.er~ ;High .Court shall
have supe;m_te~e.nce over all co~1rts ip. India for t~e tim_e bein_g subject to it!1
-appellate 3unsdictiqn, aIJ..d may do ,any-of .the followmg things, that is to say,-,-
. (a) call for returns; · . . . · _ · ·" ·
(-f!) tuake ·and issue g():lieral rules and prescribe forms- for regulating the
pract~~e and proceedings of such courts;
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(o) prescribe forms in w):iicp books, en~ri~s and accounts shall be kept by th
'-Ofiic'ers bf anv SliCh .court~ j' and · .. I ·,.: . · . _ ·• . .
(d) settle "tables of fees to be allowed to the sheriff, attorneys, ·and all clerk
.an•l officers of coutls: , 1 · . • ·. . . • · .
-ProvidRd that such rules, f6rm'3 and tables shall not be inconsist<1nt wi~h tli.
provision of any l.~w for the time bE)ing in force, and shall require the previou
, approval of the Governor. . · . . . . · .. . . . . ··,
(2) Nothing in this secti9n shall be constru~d a~ givmg to a.Hi&'h Court any
juriHdiction to questioh any judgment of any mfer10r court which i_s not other-
wise subject to appeal or :revision.. . / . . . . . -
225 .. TranBfer df certain oases .to High Court fQr trial.~(l) If on ·an appli,;
('rti<),1 made .iii accordance with the provisions of this section a ·High Court' is
satisfied that a cai;;e pending iri an inferior . ~our~, being . a .c~se _which th~ :a;igh
Cotirt"has power to transfer. to itself for trial, mvolves or rn ·likely. to involve·
thti question ot the validity
1
of any_ Federal or ~r,ovincial Act, it shalJ exerci:s~
that power. .. · .. _ ·. · _ . .· .. ·
· (2) An application for the purposes of this section shall not be made, .except
in relatioi1 fo a. Federal Act, by the' A,dvocate~General, .for the Federatio:r:. ·anp,.
in rektiocl to a Provincial Act, by the Advocate-General for·the Federation or
the Advoca.fe-General for the ~l1rovinCe. .. ~
226 .. Jurisdicfion in ;evenue matter;.~(l) Until. otherwis~ provided by Act
of t.h~ appropriate legislature, ho High Court shall have any original ,jurisdiC
tion in· any matter~~concerriing. the revenue, or concerning ,any act· ordered or
·-done hi. the collectiqn .thereof according to the usage arid practice of the' country ·.·.
or th~. law for the time being in force. . ·. . ·.. .. . ·· · · <
: (2) A Bill or amendment for making such provi·sion as aforesaid >ihall not ~e ..
.. intrnduced into or moved in a Chamber of the-Federal or a Provincial Legisla·~
ture. without the prnvious ·sanction of the Governor-General in his discretion1or, --
. as the, case tnay. be, of the ·Governor in his discretion. · · · . .,. . '·
. 227. Proceedings ·of High· Courts to be in Engli~h.~11 proceedings in every
High Court ihall be in tl;ie English la,nguag!3· . · · . . _ ~
· 22s: Eq:.penees of High Coiirts.-(1) The administrative expenses <;>f a l:llgb ·.
Courc, including all salariei;;, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect-·:
·Of the •Officers and servants of the court and the salaries 'and allowances of the
judges pf the court shall be. charged upon the revenues of the Province,· and any .
fees or othe{ moneys taken by the court shall form part of those revenues. -
(2) The Governor shall exer.cise. his individual judgmenii as to the amount . ·
tl) be included in respect of such ·expenses as afor8.said in any · (:stimates of
expt:ndit.ure)aid by him before the Legislature. · ·· ·
. -. ~ . .
.. 229. Power <'f His Majesty to consfJitute 01· reconstitute High Court by letters
patent.~(l) His ]\ifajesty, i£ the Chamber or Chambers of the L~gislature of
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any Provin~e present;
an address in that behalf to the Governor of the Pro7·
vince for :;ubmission to His Majesty,. may by letters patent constitute a High
Oour,t for that Province ·or any p&rt. thereof or reconstitute in like inani:ier any, -:
existing H~gh Court f?r that Prcrv~nce oi· for any part th!reof, or, where ther~ ·· .. ·.
are two High Courts Jn that Province, amalo·amate. those courts. ·
(2) .Where an.Y Court· is. reconstituted, o; two ComJ;F ·ai·e arnalgr\mated, ·as
aforesaid, the letters patent shall provide for the continuanc'e in their respective
officr;,,~ oi the existing judges, officers and servants of the Court or Courts,-and
for the carrying on before' tL10 reconstitutfld Court or the new CourL · o.f all
Pfl~ding matters, and may contaii~ such other provisions as may appear to Hi's
.IaJesty to be necessary by reason of the reconstitutipn or amalgamat.ion. ·
. , 23~. Extr<i !'rovin;cial · jurisdiction· of High Courts.--::-(l) His JM;ajesty in
Cou:r1:ml· may, if satisfied that an agr.eement in that behalf has been made:
~et~,een tht>. Governments concemed, .extend iihe ~jurisdiction. of a High . Court .
m .any Province to uny area 111 British India not forming part of that Province,
rind the High Court _shall thereupon have' the same jurisdiction in relation to
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that are& as it in 1·elaliio11 to ariv other area in relatir;p to which it exercisefj
jurfodiction. · . . . ' · ·
(2) Nothing in this section affects the provisions·of any,.,law ?r lelters J?atent
in fO;rc'e immediately before the commel}.cement of Part II1 of th1a AcP. empower
' ing any Righ Oo.urt to e:xercise jurisdiction 'in re~ation to more than one .Pro
vinc:e. or in relation to a Province and an area not forming part of any Provmce,
(3) W1wre a High Court exe1:dses j\irisdiction in relation to ai;y area ~r
'areas outside the Province in whicli it has its principal seat, nothmg .in this .
Act shall bE-. · construea---: . ' · . . . · ..
(a) as· .empowe~ing the Legislature of the Provini:ie in which the (.fourt haa
·ita principal seat_ to increase, restrict or abolish that jurisdiction; or ..
'(b) as preventing the Legislature having power to make laws .in tliat behalf
-fo: any sm::h .a+ea from passing sueh. laws with respect t-0 the juri,sdid1ion of the.
court in relation to that area as it would he coml?.etent to pass if. the principal
Mat of. the court \'.ere in that area. . · ·. .
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,, 231. }'ii:tviitg and :definitions;.,--(1) Any_ judge appointed' before the c0.rn-·
tftencer:nent of Part III 0£ lihis J\'eit to any High 'Court shall confo:me in offiee
a:n<l shall he deemed to have been appointed under th.is Part of .this /Act, but
shall not· by virtue of this Act be required to reli.nquia.h his office at any earlier
age than he would have been required so to do., if this Act ha.d·not been passed.
(21 Where a High Court exercises juri~diction in relation to. mor.e than on!(
Province .or in relation to a Provillce . and an· aren no.t forming part of a Pro
_vincf:l., i·efo:rences in t!1is chapter to the (}overnor· in relation to. the. judges'\£ind
.a High Court and referenc"es to the rev,enuei:r of the Pr9vince shall
be cc•nsti:-ued as .references. fo the Governor and the revenues of Province in
which :the Court ha.a its principal sffiJ.t, ap.d the reference to the a})pxoval by ~he
. Governor of rules, forms and tables for i;mbordinate courts shall be (•onstrued as
, . .11 reference to the approval thereof by the Governor of the .Province in which
· the subordinate court is situate, or, if it is situate in an area nob .forming part
of a Proyincie, by the Governor-Gen.eral. ~.-· . . ·
PART Xt.~TRE. SERVICES OF TRE GROWN IN INI>IA ..
·CHAPTER . 1 . .-:.DEFENOE . SERVIOES.
~ . . . .,, . .. .
. 232. Pa.y. f;ic;., of Comma.nder.fin~Ohief._.:The pay and all~nvances of the·
Comrpandei·-in-Qhief of His Majesty'!? J!'orces in_ Indil). and the other conditions
of his service shail be such as His Majesty in Com:1cil may di:iect.
'233.-:Control of His Majesty · as · to, Def~n'oe appointrnents;-(1) . His
Majesty in Council may require that appol:ntments to such offices connected,·
with d:i:fienee as he. may specify shall be made by him or in such manner :u; he
may dn:ect.
(~) Nubhing. in this section deroga{;es from any power vested in His Majesty
by v-irtuE,> of .any Act or by virtue of·his RQyar Brerogativ~. · •
,
~4. Eligibility for· aomn.,;issions
in Indian Foraes.-The power of . His
MaJesty, and of any person authorised in that behalf by His Majesty, to grant
commissio~ in any naval, milita1·y or air force raised in India e.xtends to the
g'1'u.nting. of a commissioli in any such force. to any person who might be, or has
bean, lawfully eti!isted or eurolled in that force. · · ·.
· . 235. · Onnfrof of Secretary df .State with resp,eot to aondivions of seru:ce.-c·
With J1:1, prejudice to the generality of the powers confflrred on him by thi:;
A3t,
the Secrt[tHry .o'f State
may, acting with. the concurrence of ·his ad;,isers,
£:01,1 time t~ time specify what rules, regulations and orders. a:ffectin~ the condi
ti~ns (.~ serv1~e <?f all Ol' aJ1}-of His Majesty's Forces 'in India shall be made only
with his previous ~approval. · ' · ·
• 236.
S<f:z•inr:·
of 1-i:ghts of avpeal .. -Nothing in thia Act affects any right of
~al which mem~ers of His Majest,y's Forces in India enjoyed immediately
.._ - . . - .
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'l'. Prov.) O. . · :c _ . .
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· bef9_~·e. th~ pa,ssing of tliis _Act, and th~· Secre~ary of Stat~ may entertiJ.in a?-Y sue~
men1tlx!al from .a member of'those Forces as 'the Secretary of State, or the Se.c·rc--
. tary .of Stat.e ill Coup.cil, might -previously have· entertail).ed.
. . 23T ·pay, etc., ~j members of;forves tO be cha1'ged on Federal rev~nues.-.,.--·
·Any sun.s -payable. out of the revel.mes of the Federation in respect of p~y.
'3llc.•wuncfu>, pensions or other: sums payal;>Ie .to, or. i~ respept of, r~rsons wh<•
· ar,':l serving, or have served,' iri H,is·· Majesty's forces f!hall be charged on those
reve.nu.P.:;, ··but nothing herein contained shall be construed .as limiting the ii1ter-~
pretation ·of the general provisions .of this Act. charging on t.he. said reve!lues-
.
expenditure with
respect to. defence. . .
.. ·23s~ PTOvisions-as to ce1'tain civilian pe1'sonnel.-The ·provisions of th~ three
last preceding'sections shall apply:in relation to perS?IlS who, no.t being m~mbers
of':His Majesty's forces hold, or. have held, posts ·in India connected with the
'equipm~qt or administration .of those Jorces or' opl'erwise. connected with .. defence,
as tb~y apply iri relation .to persons· who are,· o~· have ··been, faernb,ei's of those
forces. · · · · · ·
I •
239. !ling' s India ·cadetships'.-'-cin the ·appointment of officers to His--MajestJ'.P.
arri,Y the snme provision as heretofol'e-, or equal provi!l\ori, shall be made )or
the aproiritment of .sons· of persons wlio have served in India in. the. military
.. or civil service of the Crown. ·
-Ir,,
th'i.r.;
section the reference to persons who h.ave served in India m the
. militar;: or civil service of the Crown inriludes persons who have s,1 served in
Burma or iri Aden before their respective separations from. India.
CHAPTER II._..::.CIVIL ~SERV~OES_:_GENERAL PROVISIONS.
. 240. 'l'enure of office of pe1'son.s employed in civil capacities in India.-(l)
Except a::: expressly provided by this Act, every person who is a rne:qiber o~ a
--civil i:;ei;vice of the Crown in ll1dia, or. holds any civil post und·e1' ·the, Crown ...
in India. holds office during His Majesty;s pleasure. . · · ·
-~(2l N<.. ouch person as aforesaid shall be ·aismissed from the service of His
Majesty by any authority subordinate to that~ by wpich he was appointed.
(3) No such person as aforesaid shall be dismissed or reduc.ed in r'ank until
he. h,tg been g!ven .g, _.reasonable opportunity of .showing cause against the action
propos3<l _to be taken. in regard to h_im : • · ·
Pnniided that this :subsef}tion shall not apply~ . . ..
. (a) where a-p~rson is dismissed or reduced in rank on the ground of conduct
which has lea· .to his coriviction on a; criminal. charge;· or . ·. . . ·. '
· ( b) where an authority empowered to d.ismiss a person or· reduce him :iri rimk
is satiRfietl that for some reason, to be rec<;irded by .that authority in writing, it
is not teasonably practicablt to give to ·that person an. opportunity of showing
·-cause. · ·
( 4) Notwithstanding tBat a person holding a civil post under~ the Crown in
India holds office during His Majesty's pleasure, any contract unae·r which a
pe.rsoµ, not being a rne.mbcr of a civil SE~n;ice of the Drown in India, is 'appointed
under this Act to hbld such a post may, if the Governor-General, or,· a}; the'
ca·k' ,!ll~Y Le; the Governor, -deems it necessary in order to secure Lhe services
of a person having special qualifications, provide· for the ·payment to hi):ii of
. c'omrrnsaticn. if h~fore the expiration of aii agreed period -that post il:5 abt>lished'
or he is, for reasons not connected with any misconduct on his part, required t0
vacat.1 that post. · ··
241. Rec1"uttn1 e:nt and conditions of service.-.-{!) Except as expi'essiy pro~
vided· by this Act, appointments to the civil services of, and civil posts under
tha Crown .in India, shall, after the commencement oi Part III of this Act, he
m~~ . . . .
. (a) in the' ca~~ of ·services· of ·the :Federation" and posts in connection: with_
th.:i affail's of the Federation, by the Governol'-General or s:nch person as hr:i
may direct; · ' "

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(b)" in the case of .services .Qf a Province, and posts i11 ~?ilP:ectJon · wit}.i fhe ...
affair;; cf u Province, by ·the Governor or such person as he ;may direct;·· ·
(2) Exoept as-expres~ly' provided by thh\.Act! the ?onditii:mg.. o.f. se~vice of
persons serving His M~jesty .in .a ·civil capac1ty m .India ~hall, imbJect to the-
provisiornl...Of this sectibh, be such as ma;y be prescribed-· · . · . . .
· (a) in the case of persons serving· in connection with the affairs. of tl)e Federa•.
tion, by· rules made by the Governor,G·eneral or by some perso11 or perso,ns autho-
.rise<l Ly the Governor-General to make rules for the purpose$ · . · ·
. (b) in the case of.p.ersons serving in. connection-with th"& affairs of a Province·,
by· rules.· iuode by. the (Jovernor of tlie · Province or py some person .or personi:,.
aut,h0.rised by the Governor· to I\lake rules for the purpose: · . · . .
·. Pi:r.vid<>d th.at it s.hi:tll not be necessary to make rules regulating the cq,ndi
tions of servioo of persons employed temporarily 0n the terms that their .employ~:..
ment may he terminated cin one month's notice or less4 and·nothing in·this sub;..
1'!ee!k,11 shall be construed as· requiring the ·rules. regulating the. Condi ti .}IlS of ser
vico
of any class
of persons to extend to any matter which ·appears to the rule
makbg authority to be a matter not suitable .for regu!ation oy· rule in the case:.
of that elnss.. . . . . ' . ·
(tl) ']'he said rules shall be' so ·framed as to ·secure-
( a} that, in the case of a person who before the commence.men.t of Part III
of ·this Act was ~erving His Majesty, in· a .civil capacity in India, .no order which
alters
or interprets to his
disadvantage Qny su.le by .which his. conditions ·of
s~tv1nt;1 am regulated shall be_ made except by_ an autnority which would have:
. bee!1 competent to make such an orc:ler on the eighth day of March,· nineteen
hundrd a!ld twenty~six, or by some person err1powered by the S~ci:etary i:,f .
State to give directions in that respect; · .. · ·. . . ' .
(b) that every s~~h .Person as a!()resaid. Shall h~Y:e the same tights of ::i,ppe::i,]
to the same authorities from ariv order wh.ich- · · . ·
(i) punishes or formally ce~s~res him; or
(iiJ ~lters or interpr_ets to .his disad:\Tanta,ge any rule by which· his condipiorni
«>f serv1C'e are regulated; or · · . · .
. (iii) terminates his .appointment otherwise than upon his reaching t]:ie Rge
fixed for s\iperannuation, · · ·. . · . .
as he would. have had immediately before th(,l commencement of .Par.L. UI of thi-t.
Aet~ or such ~imilar rights of appeal to such corresponqing authorities as. ma.y
bl) directed by the Secretary of Stf\.te .or. b.v some pel'.son empo"vered by .tbe-
Secretary of State to give direct~ons_in that fespect; · ·
( e) thut every o,ther/ person serving His Majesty in. a diyil capacity in India
sh~ll havb at least one· appeal against any such order as aforesaid,, r1ot beiiig,
an order of the Governor-General or a Governor. . . .
(4) Notwithstar1ding anything in this secti01;i, but eubject to any otlJ~r provi-.
son of this. 'Act, Acts of the appropriate Lagisli;i.ture in India may regulate .the>;
conditi(•11a of servic-e of persons serving His Majesty in a civil capacity i:q India,
. anC!-an,y mles tnade under tliis. section 'Shall have effect; subject to the provision.# .
of any such Act. · · · ·
Provided that ri~thing in any s.uch. Act shall have effect so as to deprive
any persQJ;l. of any rights required to be given· to him by the provisions of the
last precedi1.'.:_g s~bsection·. ·
(5) No rules made under this section and no Act of a115 Legislature in India
shall be construed to limit or abri'1.ge the power of the Govern-Or-General or ·11
Governor to deal with the case 1of any person servfog ,His Majesty in a c.iV:il-·
capacity in Iridia,in .such manner _as may appear to him to be just and eql1it-.
able:' ·
Provided
that, where
any such rµl~ or A~t is applic!}.ble to the ca,se. of ai;iy
person, the case shall not be dealt with in' any manner less favourable to him
than that provided by that tule or 'Act. .
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'242. 'Applfoation, of pi'eaeding sect{on to failipay, cus~orns, postal anfl. telfJ·;'
graph, services,
Q:nd' officials of. courts,.....,(l) J:n its application to appointµlell'ti!
to,
an9, to, pefsons--serving ilf,
.the. railway services ot the Federation, ·the last
·preceding section shall have . ..effect ail if· for any reference to . the Governor•
Geneml in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), in paragraph (a) of subsectio:i (2)
nrtd in .subsection (5) there were substituted a reference to the FE'._~eral Railway-;
Authority. ·
(2) In ttamip.g r.ules for the regµIa~ion· of. nforuitment to superiOr railw.ay~
posts, .the Federal Rai1way Authority .shall consult the Federal Public Serv:tce
Commission, and in recruitment . to -such posts and in recruitment generally
for railway purposes shall hi:i,ve. due i·egar'1, to. the past associatitm of the Anglo·,
Indian community with railway services in India, and particu!arly to "the
.~pecifrc alass, character and numerical per.eentages o:f 'the p9s~s hitherto held
by mflrhb11rs of that community ·and the remuneration attaching to such posts,
and· shall give effect to any instructions which may be issued by the Govetn?i
General for the purpose of securingi .so far as practicable to !_lach co~roumty
in India a fair representation in the ·rail.:vvay services of the Federation, ~ut~ .
. save. as aforesaid, it ~hall not be obligatory on the Authority to con~ult w1~h,
or otherwise· avail themselves of the se1·vices of, the Federal Public S'ervice
Commission. · · · · ·
(3) In· framing the rules for the regulation: 0f recruitment to posts in the
cu~toms, posta} - aud telegraph services, ··the Gqverhor-'General or gerson
i:.uthorised
by
him in that behalf ·shall .hi\ve due regard to the p'ast association
of the Anglo-Indian community. with ·the said services, and pal:ticularly to the .
specific class, character and numerical percentages of the •posts prev{ously held '
.in the said· services by members of thEI sai-1. communlty and to the remunera-··
tion att[tching to such posts. · . . . · · ,
( 4)-. In its application to appointments to, and, to persons' ser¥ing on, the
staff attached to the Jtederal Court or the sta;ff a ed to a High Court, the ,
-said section shall have effect as if, · in the cas~ of F.ederal ·court, for any .
reference
to the Governor-General in paragraph
(a) o:f sub_section (1), in para
graph· (a). of subsection (2) ·and in subsection (5) there were substituted a
referensie . to the Chief Justice of India and as in the case of a High Court,
for any reference to the Governor in paragraph (b) of section (1); in para•.....,
·-graph (a) of subsection {2) and in subsection. (5) there was · substitUted . a.
;refel'enee to the chief justice of the. cou:ct: · · ·
~Wb~ . . ...
(a) ·in the case of the Federal Court; the Governor-General and, in the case
of a High Court, the Governor may in his discretion require that in such cases
as he 'lllay in hi'S. d.i.scretion direct.'no person not already attached to the court·
-.r;hall be appointed to any office connected with t.he court. save after consulta-'
tlon with the Federal Public Service Commission, or the Provincial P'Ublic ·
Service ,Commission, as the cuse mav be;
· (b) rules made under 'th~ said'subs~ction (2) by a chief justice shall, so far
as tpey relate. to salaries, allowances, leave or pensions, require the approval
of
the
Governor-General or, as the case may be, the Governor.
243. Special provisions as. to p.Qlioe.-Notwithstancting anything in
foregoing ,pi·ovisions of this chapter, the. .conditions of service of the subordi
nate ranks of the various police :J;ofces 4i India shall be .J3uch as may be deter
mined by or under the Acts relating to those for.ces respectively.
. Rec7;ititme.n't ·by Se?retary of State and-prvvisions. as fo certain posts. .
244. Services recruited by Secretary of flta.t~.~(1) As from the commence
ment of Part III ef this Act appointments to the civil services known as the
· Indian Civil Service, the Indian Medical Service (Civil), and the Indian Poliqe·
. " Service (which last mentioned service shall thereafter be ·known as · "the
In.Cljan Police"). shall, until .Pai:liament 0therwiRfl rletermineR, he made hy th.e
Secretary of State.
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(2) Until Parliainerit otherwise determines, the. Sec:r;etary of State may ~iso
:make appointments to. _any service or services .which at any time aftex the
aaid. date . he may deem it neces&ar.y to istablish for the purpose of securing"'
· the . recruitment of suitable persons · to fill 'civil posts in .conn~ction with the ·
'· discharge of any. functions. of the Governor-General which the Governor-Generaf
is by or urrder this Act requir.ed to exercise in his' dis'cretioil. ' '• I .
(3) The re·spe'Ctive strengths of the .said services shall. be such · as, ;the
Secretary of State may :from time· to time prescfi!:>e, and the Se,cretary .of f?tate
shall in each yef,!.r cause to be laid be'fore . each House of Pocl.iarrtent a state
ment of the apppintments made. thereto and the v.ooancies -therein. ·
. . (4) It sha.11 be the duty of the G.0vernor-General to keep the Secretary .of .
State. informed as . to the . oJ)l3ration .of this section, and he may · after the
.. expiratiOn of such period as-he thinks fit make recommendation'S for ~he. modi-
. fication
thereof. · · · · · · · . · · · . · ·
In. discha~ging his functions . vnder this subsectiou1: the Governor~General .
shq,Jl act in his. discretion. ·
. 2~5. $peoial provision as to irfigatio~.~Until Parliament otherwi.Se deter~
;mines, the Secretary of State may . for the p_urpose ()I •Securing efficiency in
irrigatfon. in any Province,. appoint persons· to any civil· service oj', or civil post
under, the Crown· in Indi~ concerned with irrigation. .
. 246. Reser?)ed po!ifs.~(1) The Secretary of State shall mak~ rules specify
mg the number and~ c,haracter . ;;>('the civil posts under the Crow'n .(other than
posts in connection with. any functipns of . the. Governor-General which the -·
Governor-General is
by oi
under this Act required to exercise in his drscrliltion),
. which., aubject to the provisions of this subsection, are to be filled by persons
appointed by the Secretary of State to' a civil service of, or a. civil post 1Jllct(lr,
the Crown ill' India, and_. exc(lpt under 'Such cond.itions .as may he p,rescribe'd ·
in the rules no. such post shall, without the. previous sanction of the SecretaFy
of State- . .. ·
-(a) be kept vacant. for more than three months; or . . · · / .
(b) be . filled .otherwise than by the appointment: of' such a:· 'person as afore-
said; or ·
(c) be held jointlywith any other such post.
(2) ··Appointments ·.and post.ings to the saiil ·posts (hereinafter· in this Part
of this Act referred to .as "i:eserved posts") ~hall- . . . . . l,,,
(a) in the case of, posts in connection with the affairs of the Federation, Dv
made by tQ.e ... Governor-General, exercising his individual j_udgment;
(b) in the. case of pqsts in connection with the affairs$ of a Provin~e, be
made by the Governor @if the :grovihce, · e:xereiiiing his individual judgment.
(3) .'.All rules made under this section shalf, so. soon. as may be after they
are made, be laid before each House 0f Parliament and, if either :House of
Parliament within the next subEeqU:ent twenty~eight days on whi6h that House
has sat after any such rule has been laid before it resolves that the rule -shall bi;r
iumulleil, · the tule shall -thepceforth b<;i void. but without . prejudice to the
validity of anything previous1J done th~reunder or to the ·making of a new rule.
247. Co'nditions Qf s'ervio~·; pensfons, eto., of persons reo~ited by Sec~e
tary_ of State.-~--(1) T.he condition~ of service of all persons a,ppointed to a ~ivil
service or a civil pdst 'by the Secretary of State shall-:;:-
. (a) as respects ,p~;Y; 1,;leave and pensions, a:n.d general rights in .rega,.rd . to
medical attendance, be such as may be prescribed by rules t'o be made by the
Secretary ,of State.. · '
. (b) as respects 0th.er matter1;1 with respect to which express pro'¥1s10n is
not inade by this chapter, be such' as may be prescribed by rules to. be mane
by the Secretary of State in so far as he thinks fit' to make such rules, and, in
so far and so long/i,s provision is not made b!I' such rules, by rules to· be_made,
as respects person'S serving in connection with the affairs of the Federation,
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· ... by.the·Goverrior-µ_ene~al•or-some person or-persons authoriseQ_ by the Governor
General·
to ma.Jre
· rules for the purpose and, as respects persons. aer.ving in ··
-Ooµnection with the ~ffairs of a Province, by-the G6verii:or of the P1'ovince or
.some person or person,.s authorised by. the Governor to make-rules _ for t~.
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Provided
th.at no rule made under this 'subsection shall have effect so as
to give. to any person appoin~ed-to a civil service or civil p~st by the S'ecretary·
-of St~te less favourable terms as respects remuneration or pension than were
given
to him by
the rules -in force on the date on which he was first appointed·.·
to his se1:.vice or was appointed to h1s post.· · . ·
· . (2) Any promotion of any person appointe~ to a· civil service q.· -a civil post
by the Secretary of State Ol'• any order relat'i'ng to· leave of not less than three.
months_ cf any such person, or any order. suspending any sugh perscm from
-Office sh~li, if he is se:uvihg·;ii:i-· connection with the affairs. of the Federation, .be
made by the. Governor:General exercising his individual. judgment-and., if .he·
. is. serving ill conneCtion with the affairs of a Province, be made . by the
. ' Governor exercising his individual judgment. . . · . .
. (3)· If any such person as aforesai~ is -suspended from office; his remuriera-·
tion shall riot dilling the ~period of his suspension be reduced except to such'
extent, if any, as may be directed by 'tbe Governor-General exercising ·his_
individual judgment or, as t}te case ·may be, by t.he Gov:ernor exercising his
individual judgment. _ · · . . · .
(4) The salary and allowances of any-8uch person as 'aforesaid shall, if he;
is serving ill connection with the affairs •of the Federation,. be c~arged on the
revenues of the Federation and, if he is serving in connection with the affairs:~
of a Province, be charged ori the revenu(3s of the Province : ·
Provided that, ·if any ·such pers·on is serving. in 'conneCtion with the railways•
·in India; so rriuch only of his salary and allowances shall be charged ··on the"
revenues of thee Federation as is n,ot pajd out of the lhilway Fund. -• .·.· .•
(5) Pensions.payable to or in respect of any such person as aforesaid, and.:
government ·contributions in re·spect of any such person to any pe~sion fund or
provident fund, sli.all be charged on -the revenues of -the Federation. .
(_()) No-award of a pension less than the maximum pension_ allowa_ble
·rules made under this section shall be made, except-in eacn case w'1un nu"'.
. con&ent, of the Secretary of State. . . . ~ · .·
(7) No rules made under this section shall be construed to limit Or .abridge.
the ,power of the Secretary of State to deal wit'h. the case of any person serving:
His l\1_ajesty in a civil capaGij;,v in India in such manner as may appear to him_
to be just and equitable, an'1 no rules· made µrider this section by ariy person
. other than the Secretary of State shall be· construed' to limit or· abridge the_
power of the Governor-General or, as the case may be, the Goverr).or. of a
Province to deal with the case of any such person in· such manner as may
uppear to him_)o be just and equitable: ·
Provided that, where any· rule made under this section is applicable to the
case. of any person, __ the case shall not be dealt ·with in anv. manner less favour-
ahle to him than that provided by the..,rule.. " · . .·
~~8. Rights irr.-~espeot_.of oompI~ir~tS, appeals, eto.--.,(1) If any . person
a.pp~mted to a civil. service or a civil post ,.by the Secretary o.(_ State is
aggrieve~ by an order a.ffecting 'his conditions _of service and on due application
to the person by whom the order wai;; made .sloes not receive the redr~ss to.
whirh lie con~i~ers himself entitle~, he may; without prejudice to any other
:mo~e of obtammg redress; complam, if he is sering in connection with . the .
nffan·s ?£ th~ • Federatio~,. to the Govornor"Geneml and, ·if ·he is ·serving in.
connection with the affairs of a Province, to the Governor of the Province and
the Governor-General or Governor, as the case may ,be, ·shall .examine int~· the
complaint and cause such action. to be taken· thereon as appears to · him
exercising his individual judgme_nt to be just. and equitable.
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(2) No .order which punishes ,or formally censures any ·such person as afor·
. .Said,' or ~affects adv,ersely bis. emoli,µnertts or rights iri respect of pension_,
deciae& adversely to him the subject~mr.tter of any. memoi:ial, shall be m
except, if he is servh1g in· connection with the affairs of the -Federation,. by
.Qmrer:r;wr-Generar, excrcisjng his individual judg.ment, ·or; if he is serving
-connection with the affairs of a Province, bv the ..Governor of .that Provip
-0xercising his individual judgment. · " .
(3j Any person appointed to a civil service or a. civil post by the Secretar:
-of State may appeal to
1
the Secretary of Sta.te against any 'or~er made~ by
authority in India which punishes or formally censures him, or alters
Jntel'pretg to his diBadyantage any rule by which .hi.s conditions of service
regulated. . .
(4) Any sums ordered to be paid out -of the re'(enues of the Federation
;a Province to or jn respect Of any such person as aforesaid o1'l!i-an appeal
under this section shall be charged on those revenues. .
.249. Compensaiion.~(l) If by reason. of anything done under tliis Act
:conditions of service· of ·any person appointe\i to. a civil' service or ti,··aivil post
'the Secretai.y of S.tate have. been adv_etsely affected, or if for any other re
it appears to the Secretary of State. that. compensation· ought. to be granted
' .or. iU respect or, any such person, he -or hi§! 1·epresentatives s]:iaU be entitled
receive· from the revenues of the Federation, -or if the Secretary of State
directs; from the ievenue:s .of a Province, such compensatioi1 as the Secret
of State may consider jus:t and equitable. . . ,
(2) Any sum payable, l1nder this "Secticin from the revenues of the. :Fede.
tion. or tp:e revenues or a Province shall be charged on the revenues of t.
Federation or, as the case" may be, that Prov.ince.
"' (3) Fpr· the. avoidance .. of doubt it is hereby decl'ared that ·the
provisions· of this sBction in no way prohibit expenditure by the Goveinq
General, or, a"S the case may be, the . Governor, from the i'evenues . of t
·Federation or a Provii1ce .by way of compensation to pe1:sons who are· serii
<ir have ·s.erved His Majesty in India in cases to which those provisions do 11,
-apply. .. . .
Pre.visions a.~ to persons fippoi~ted by Secretary of St.ate .in Oay,noil, perso-
. holdi1ig ·reserved posts and "Qom_ missioned· offe<Jers in oivii· empZoyrnent., ·
250. Application of four la;t preeeding seotic>ns to p-ersons appointed •
Beoretary of State in Oounoil, and oertain other perllons.-(1) -Subject -to
provi~ions of this section. the provisions of the four last preceding sections ,
any rules made thereunder shall apply in relation to any person \<:ho '
appointed before the commencement crf Part III of this-Act' by the Sec;ret
of State. in. Council to a civil -service of, or a civil post under, the Crown ..
India as they apply in rel{ltion to pel'~OJ:iS appointed to a civil service or c''
POl":lt by the Secretary of State, . ·
(2) Subject to the provisions of this .sectioli, the saiii sections and .r
shall, in such eases and with such exceptions and modifications ·as the ,Se
tary of State may decide, also apply in" relation. to any 'Person who-
'( a) not being a person appointed lif:! a.foresaid by the Secretary of
or the Secretary of State in Co~ncil, holds ,or has held .a post;
"' (b) hC!lds or has held any civil post under the Crown in India and is,
wa"S when he wis first appbinted to su0h a post, an officer in His Majesf
forces.
··. (3) Tn relation to anrpers6n who was appointed before 'the. cornme-nc'P
·of Part III of this Aci( to a civfl .service of, or to a civil post under, the
in Indiri>, the provisioq contained in the sections aforesaid ·that no ru·
conditions of service sliall 'have effect· so as to give tO any person less '
1-em!I-! as rei:rards retnuneratien or 'Pension than were given to him b
ill force on the date on which ·he. was first appointed to' his se··
appninte.d to his po·st, shall be c!iinstrued as a provision that no r
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have effect. so as fo . ~ive · to any' person' le8s . fa voui:abl.e termi:r as respects. the · . ·
, said matters than were given to him by tlie rules in "lor.ce. im:rnedi~tely be£Qre .
. the coming into operation 0£ .the rule; . · · · ..
· (4) In its application, by virtue of this sec~ion~ .to .PefJOns ~er:r.ing in .the
ra.il~ay serviqes of the Fed~~ation, the s~cond oijhe £om: la~t precedmg sect~ons
(which, relates to the conditions of servrne, pens1ons, etc., of persons recruited·
by the .~ecretary .of, State) 'Shall have effec~ as .if for· any ref~rence· to .the
Governpr-Ge,neral 1h paragraph (b) 0£ subsect10n . (1) thereof and m sub(3ect10~s
{2), (3) and (7) thereof there were substituted a reference to the Federal R~nl-
way Authority. . · · ' . . . . . . . . . . , .
. (5) Any liability of .the· Federation -.or 0£. a;ny P:i;ov~ce to or .in respect oi
any person appointed before the commencement of Part lII 0£ this Act b_y the
Secretary ·of Jtate in Council to a ci.vil service. o:I'; or a civil pos~ und~r, the·.
Crown in: India, being a liability, to pay a pension gran,ted to or .m respect of.
apy such person or any other liability or such a iiature as to have ?e?Il. e~fo,rce~
able in legal proceedings against J;he S.ooretary 6£, St.ate in Council if tl.J1s Act
. had not. beep. passed, ·shall,· notwithstanding anything. ~n this ·Act, . [je deemed,
for" the. purpos.es . of the pmvisions of Part, VJ:,I of this Act· relating to ·legal .
proceedings,, to be a liability arising until.er a statute passed before the
commencement 0£ :Part III of this Act.
Special provisfons ·.as to
0
staffs of the>Hig}i Commissioner fo1· India ood }he
· · Auditor of Iri,dian Home Accounts. '
251. Staff of High Comnii8sionet and Auditoi· of Indiqn Home. Accounts.:-'."' I
Th_e provisions pf this Part of this Act shall" apply in relation .to appoll:itments
. to, and to persons serving .on, the staffs or the High Commissioner for India
and the.Auditor· of Indian Rome or.Accounts as if the service of members of
those staffs were service rendered . in India : ,. ·
:Provided
tha~ . . , (a) appointments to. the staff of the Auditor of Indian Rome Accounts shall
be made by him subject, as respects ~umbers, salaries and quali:f\c'atiOns, to. the
approval 0£ the Governor-GeQeral .in his discretion; anrJ.
( b) ·in relation to . that staff the functions· of the Governor-General · under
this Part. of· this Act shaH be exercised by him in his di·scretion ..
252. Oonditlo'n$ af service' of ''f;:&isting staff of · lf,igh nn-fii.m.is8ioner . nnll
Zludito1
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of. Indian Home Accannts.-....(l). All persons who immediately before .
the commencement of ·Pa:rt III of this Act were members .of the staff of the
High Dommi~ioner for India, or members of . the staff of the Audit.or or the
, accounts of the Secretary of State in Council, shall continue to. be, or .. sha.ll
necome,. m,embers <?f. the fitaff ,of the lfhdi Co,mmissioner for· India or, as the
. case may be, of the Auditot of Indian Home Accounts.· · . ·
(2) All such persons as .afor.esaid shall hold their offices or posts subject
to like. conditions ·of ·service as to rempnera.tion, pensi1;.ms or othe~wise, as
theretofore, or not' less favourable conditions, and shall be entitled. tO' reck<'.m
·for_ purposes oi pension any service which they would ,have been entitlell to
reckmi if this Act had not been p11ssed. .
· (3) The s11laries, allow.Itnces and pen!Sions payable to, or in respect of, s·uch
of the persons aforesaid as were members of the staff of the Auditor of the
aocm,mts of the Secre~ary .of State in Council shall be charged on the. revenues
r.f the Federation, an¢!. the salaries, allowances· and pensions payable to,. o 1• iii ·
Dect of, other such persons as aforesaid shall be so charge~! in so, far as those
·ies, allowances and pensions would, b-q.t for the passing of this Act,, have
"lay;i.ble without being -submittecl to the -vote of the Legislative Assembly
Indian l,egislafmre.,,. , '
Special Provisions a{! to Judicial Officers.
dge8 of the Federal Court. and High Oourfa.-:-(1) The provisions of
· shal1:,not apply to the judges of the ~edera} C:ourt or o_f a.ny l:Iigh
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,Prov1i!ed: tha~ ·
· (a) for the puri;>oses ~f this~section. a member of any of the·cjvil services of··
. tl;ie Crownin ln.dia who is k.cting tempob;i.rily as a. judge of a High .Court shall_
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be deemed to be a judge of ~hat court; .· . . ·
. . (b) nothing in this sebti~n shall be construed as preventing the Orders ix,;
Cou.ncil relating to the salaries, leave and pensions of judges 6f ~he Federal.·,
'Comt, or of any ·High' Court, from applying to such of .those judges a~ were,
I before they were appojnte(I jtidges;' members 'of a civil service of the Cfown iri
Ii:idia, such of the rules relating to that servic.e as may· appear to His Majesty
to he properly applicable in relation to them; . · · ·
. (o) rio'thing
in,.
this section shall b~ construed as
1
excluding the offic~ of·
judge, of .the Fed.e;ral Court ·or of a High Court from the operationa of the
'provisions of this chapter with respect to the eligibility .for civil office of persons
who are not British suQ_jects. · · . · , . · , · ' · , · · , '
. (2) Any pension which under the rules iii force, immediately before. the
r..ommep.cement of Part III' of this Act was payable. to or i'? respeet. of any·
,person who, having been r;i, judge of a High Court within the meanin~ of this
Act. or. of the High Court at Rangoon, rotii'ed before the c.ommencement· of .
the said P~rt III shall, notwithstanding anything in this Aci or. the Govern•
:rnen:i). of Burma; .f..,ct, 19!35 (26 Geo. 5, c, 3), continue to be payable in accord-·
ance .with those rules and shall be charged or1: the revenues of. _the Federation .
. . (B) Ariy liability of the Federation or of any 'f>rovinee to· or in respect of '
. any persol'l who is, at the· commencement of Part IU of this Act, a fudge of a
IDgh Court within the meaning of this Act; or to or in re,spect of an:y such persot1.
·. \as is mentioned in subsection · (2) 0£ this section, beii1g a liability to pa.y a
pension granted to or il'l: resp€)ct .. of any such 'Person or any other. liability oi
such a m.1,ur~ as to have· been· ·enforceable in legal proceedings .against the
SetiretarJ of State· in Council if this Act had. not .been passed, $hull, notwith, .. ·
. standing
anything in
this Act or the Go'vernrnent of Burma Act, 1935, be deemed,
ior the J1tfrposes of the ;provisions of Part VII of this Act-relating to legal pro
. 0eedmgs.
·to
he a liability. arising under a'' statute passed before the 6omme1ice-
ment of Part III of this Act. . · · · · · .
''254;
District judges, etc.-(1) Appointments
of persons to be, and the post11
ing and .promotfon of, district judges 'in any Province shall be made by th~
Governor of the ProvincEJ,. exercising his individual judgment, and the I.Itgh
Court sha,11 be consulted before. a recommendation ' as to the · making · of
any such appointment is .submiilted: i;o the" Governor. , . . .
(2) A person .not alr~ady in the service of His Majesty shall only be eligible.
to be appointed a district. jutlgq if he has been.for not less than :Qve years .a
barrister, a member of the Faculty of Advocates m Scotland, or a pleader and i.s ·
recommended by the High COiirt for appointment .
. (5} In this and th{ next succeeding section the expression "dist:dct jud~e" · ·
includes additional· distdot judge, joint district judge,. assistant district jl!dge,
chief
ju<lgu of a
small cause court, chief presidency magistrate, sessions judge,
aslditional sessions j.udge, and assistant sessions judge.
255,
Subordinate civil judicial s'ervice.-:{1) Tbe Governor
of each Province
shall, after consultation with the Provincial Public Service Commissfon and ··
With. the High Court, make rule.s defining the standard of qualifications to be ·
,
attained
by persons desirous of entering the subortlinate civil judicial · serVice
of a Province. · · . . · ' , · ·· · · ·
In t.his section, the expression "&u\Jordinate ciVil judicial service" means a
service consisting exclusively of pllrsons ·intended to fill civil judicial posts
inferior to the post of district judge. · · . · · . . .
(2) The Provincial Public Setvice Commission for each Province, alter hold·
_ ing such exo.mi,nations, if any, as the Governor rnay think .necessary, shall from
time to_ time out of·the candidates for appointment to the sµbordinate nivil
juaicial service of th.e Provine~, make a list :or· lists· of the persons whom th~y
consider fit
1 for. appointment to that servi(}e, and appointmenfo to that sernce · ·.
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· shall be n1ade t1y the Gov~rnor fropi the personsinclud~d in the)ist or lists jn
·accordance with ·suclf regulations as inay f~orn tfm~ to time' be made by him as
:to'~he number of persons in the s.aid serv~ce who arg to belong to the different '
communities in the J>rovince. . . . . . . .. ·
, (3) The posting and prori1otion or, and the gran~ of leaye to, perwns belonging
to th,; subordinate civil judicial service of a Province and holding any: post
iuferior to th~ post. of district judge, sb,all be in .. the hands of the High Court;
but nothing in thi.s sec~ion shall be construed as" ta'king away from any such
, person tb' right of appeal req\ilired to be. given to him qy. the foregoing pro
visions of this chapter, or as authorisl.ng'tbe High Court fo .deaf with any such
person ;0therwiEe tha!'.j. in accordance VVit.h the conditions of his Service prescribed,
thdh:·und~r. · . · . . ' · · · · .
.. 256. Sltti·ol'dinate criminal magiBtr~oy.--,-No. repom1nend:ation shaU b,e made
for 'the grant· of· magisterial powers or .. of enhanced. magit:iterial powers. to,· or
the, vviihchawal of any magisterial powers from,. any person save after consulta
tion 1:vith tha dtstrict magistrate of the district in which he i13 working, or }with
the Chief Presidency magist.rate, as the case may be. ·
.Spei:Jial Provisions as. to PoUtioal Pepartment. ,
~57: 'offic~rs
1
of political departm.ent.--:-:(1) Subj~ct to the' p~ovisions of thi&
section, t.he provisions of this Part . of this, Act shall, not apply in. relation to
persons who!Jy or mainly employed in connection .With .the e~ercise 'Of the
fun.ctions .of i;be Crown in its r8lations with Indian States .
. (2) Notwitht'ltariding. anytliing' in the preceding subsection, all. pe:i;sons· so
fmployed immediately before. the ·commencement of Flirt III of this Act shall
.. h0ld their office» or posts subject .to the ljke conditiO!f.S of service as to rAmvnera
tion, pensions. or otherwise as theretofore or n:ot less favourab)e conditions, and
in relation to those persons anything which might, but for the passing: of thie
Act, have been done by or in relation to the Secretary of .State in Council shall
bedone by or in relation to th.e Secretary of State, acting with theconcurrence
· 1 of his advisel's. .
(8)
Nothing
in this .section shall be construed as affecting the applicatiop. to·
such. persons of the rule .of law that, exc'3pt as otherwise provided by statute; .
. every person employed under the Crown h,olds office du,ri;ng Ilia Majesty's
. pleasvre. · .· . • · , ·
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Provisions f01· ~he protection Of certain eroisting officers. . .
i5s. Provision for protectior;i, of eroisting officers of certain Servfoes . ....i..(1) No·
civil post which, immediately before the commencement of Part III of this. Act,
Wf.ls a. post in, or a po&t required to be held by some member of, a Central
Service C}a3;~ I, i::. Central Service. Class II, a· Railway Service Class I, a Rail!
way, Service Class H, or a Provincial Service, shall, if. the; abolition fh(·reof'
'would
adversely
affect any person who fmmediately before the said date was a
~Qmber .of any such service, be. abolished, except-- · . · .1
~a) in· the case of a 'post in connection with the affairs of .the Fe,deration,
by the Governor-General exercising his individual judgment; . . . ·
(b1 in the case of a post in connection w.ith the affairs 0£ a Province,
Governor o! tile Province exercising his individual judgment.
(2) N<;:i rule or order affecting adversely the pay, allowances. or pensions
payabla to, or ir! respect of, a person a:ppointed before the coming. into operation
of this Part of this .Act to . a Central Service Qlass I, to a Railway ·Service
Class I, or to !'. Provincial service,, and no order upon a memorial submitted by
any 8Ullh person; shall De ma,de .except-;-· . . . . ' . '.'
(a) in.the case of a person ~ho is serving or has served in connection with the
affairs of the Federation, . by the Governor-General . exercising his individual
judgnient; ·· ' · · · ·
(ll)
in
the case of a person who is serving or has served in connection 'with
the affa;i~·s of a ProV:ince, by the Governor of the Pxovince exercising his
vidual ju'dginent.
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(B) In rehlt~bn to' any person menti6:µed in t~is ·~ection. who· was appoin~ed to
.a Givil service 9f, or civil ipost under, the Drown ill India by. the ~ecret~ry ('.f
(State .. or .the S.ecretary · of State in Council, ·or is an officer ill His ~a1esty·e
forces; the foregoing provisions of this section, ~hall \have effect , as if for the
reference to the Governor-General or the Governor, as the case ma,y be, there
was substituted a re':ference to the ~ecretary of State. · . _
259. Provision; as to .. certain perSQ'n;s serving in or before 192'4.-(l). The
salars and allowances of any person who was appo~nt<?d. before the first day·
cif April, n,rneteen hundred and twenty-four, otherw~se than. by the Secnitary
/
. · of State in Council, to a service or a post which at any time between tha;; date
· and the coming into operation of this Part. of this Act ·Was classified as a
'Superior serviGe or post shall be charged, if he is serving. in con:i:~ction. ViPh. '.lie
t~ffairs of the Federation, on the revenues of lthe Federat10n and, if h~ is servrng
'in connectio;i with t;he affairs or §. Province, on the revenues _of· tha,t J royince: ·
.
Provided
tbat,, it'
1
any such person as aforesaid is· se;rving .in connection with .
the rail·ways in India, so much only of his salary and' allowances shall be charged
on 'the revenues of the Federation as is not
1paid out Of the railway fund. .
:(2). Any pemiiou payable to cir in respect of a person ap
1
point,ed as aforesaid,
aud any government contribution.s. to any prnvident fund' or pensions/ fund in
reEipect of any such person, shall be charged on the revenues of the.Federation.
(3) The provisions of the last precedi:µg sub-section shall also .apply in relat1on,
to persons who .. retired before the first day of . April, nirieteen ~undred and
twenty.four, . and before they retiredoelonged to ser.vices or held· posts which
were as from the said date classified as superior services or posts, or which are '
tlp,clared
by
the Seci;eta,ry of State to have been ·services or post'S equivalent in
character· to service!:' or posts so classified. . . . .
260. General provisions as. to person~ reUring before commenc~11ieri-t of Part
111.-(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, any pension '
. payable to or in ,respect of any person who, having been appointed to a civil
s.ervice of, or a yivi) ,post under, the Crown in India,. retired from the service
-0f Hi~ :ia,josty before the commencement 'of Part I'.t1 of this Act shall, if it
would have beelf payable by the Local Government in any Province if this
Act had not been passed, be paid Out of the revenues of the corresponding Pro
vince mid in any, other d1se shall be paid out of the revenues. of the Federatfon.
(2) Any .'pension. payable to or. in respect of any person who, ha~ing served -
in Burma er Aden, retired from an All-India Service, a Central Service Class I,
a Central Service Class II, Rall~.ay Service Cla:ss I, or 'a". Railway Service
Cla:ss II, before the commencement of Part III of this Act shall be paid .out of
'the revenues of the Federation, but save as .aforesaid nothi:t).g in this section
applies
to
a:qy person who retired after service !n Burma or Aden.
Miscellaneous.
261. Secretary of State to,twt with concurrence of his adtiisers.-,The .powers
eonferred by this and the subsequent chapters. "of this Part of ,this 'Act, on the
:Secn,tary of State shall not, be exercisable by him except wi.th the concurrence ·
-0E his advisRrs. ·
262.
Eligibility
for office of persons who· are not British subjects.--:,,(1') The
Ruler .or a ~ubJ.ec~ of a ~e~erated St~te s~all be eliglJ:>le to hold any givil 'officEl'
.under the Cro-wn m ·India m connect10n with the affairs of the Federation and
the. Governpr-General ma:y declare. that the Ru~er ?r i[the subjects, 0; any
named. subiect, of a specified Indian State] which is· not a ·Federated State
or. i[the native~, or any nam~d. native, of a spe<lified tribal area or territory
adiacen,t t_o India J,, shall be eligible to hold any such office, 2* * *.
. (~) The G11vern~r of a Province. rpay de~lare that the Ruler or ·1[ the subjects,
or a~ny nD~ed sub3ect, .of, a specified .Indian .state] ?r 1[ the nativ~s, or. any
named native, ?f 9 specified tnbal area or temtory ad3acent to Irn;lfa.J, shall be
1
Subst. s. 9,the India and Burma.(Miscellimemis Amendments) Aot 1940 (3 11nd 4 Geo ~
·eh. 5) {with effect from 1st April, 1940). , · · · ' · , · · '
1
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eligible to hold · atlY civil office" i~ conn~cti~n wit~ the· afftdr.8 .0£ ·the· :Ptovjilce'
1* r ·~ . * • . . . , . . ·. .
. , (3) The Secr;etary of State m&y, deClare ~hat anJ'. named. subje.ct of a~Jndian.
Sta~e, oi"any named native of a tribal area or. territory ad]acent. to India,. shall
be eligible for appoi11tment by him to .any civil seryice under the Grown in India..;
to W;J}ich he n1akes appointi;nents, and' any person who, having been so, ~eclared
eligible/ is' appointed to such a service, shall. be eligibJ.e to. hol.d any civil office
· un~e'r the Crown in Indfa. . .
(4) Sl}bjeet as aforesaid and to any other ~xpress provisio\li.I. of thi~ Act, no.
person
whojs not
a Britii;ih subject shall be eligible to hold. any office under tqe
'.Crown in India:
Pro~~ . . · .
, Z[(a) a;-person who. at th~ end of March. :qineteen hu:ildr~d and forty is in· the·
permanent SEVice of the -Crown in Jnaia s.haU not. be ine;ligible to hold any
offi.cf under the Ci-own i1:i: India by re as.on' that h.eis not .a Britisfi supject: and
(b) the GovernQr-General pr, in rela~ion .to a Province, the Governor· may
· auth0rlse the ten1porary employment .for any purpose of a person who is not a..
British subject.]. . '· , . . .
(5) In the. discharge of his functions this .section the Governo:r.G.euera1
'or. the Governor of. a Province ahall exercise his~individual judgment. ·
· 2-63. Joint .servioes and. 1Jost1.,.-If an agreement is made between the Fed~ra·~
tion arnl one or more. Provinces; or between two or more Provinces, for the,
. maintenance or creation of a service common to the FeQ.eration and or more
Provinces, or common to. two or more or for the m:aintenance.·or creatfon
of a post the fmictions whereof are not resti·icJed to the affairs of the Feder.ation
or one P1·ovince; the 'agte.ement may provision that the Governor-General
or any Governor, or any Public Service Commissfon, shall do in relation to that
service 01' post anything which would und~r the provisions of this 0hapter ·be
done by the Go.vernor . or the Provincial Public Service . Corri.mission if the.
service or post was a ser~ce or post connection with t11e affairs of one I>rovihcfr
e.nly, -
CHAPTER IU.-;E>uB'I,~c 'SERvic.E .CoMMISSIONB .
. 264 .. Publio Serv.ioe Commissions.-(1) &ubj~ct to the ·provisions of
section, thei·e shall _be a Public Service Commission for the Federation
Public Service 'Commission for·ea.ch Province.
(2) Two 0r more: Provinces, may itgree- ..
(a) that there shall be one Public Serv.ice Commission for that group of· Pro·
vinces: or
(b) that the Public Service Commission for one of the'Pr.ovinces shall S:erve
. the of all th~. Provinces, . · ' ' .. ·
and any sueh agreement may contain such incidental and consequential provisions
as
may appf)ar necessary
or ,desirable for giving effect to the purposes ,of the ·
agreeme!1t and shall, in the case of an agreement that there ehall be one· Com
niissib11 for a group of Provinces specify by what G0v13mor or Governors the
runctbus .1;\ihich a~e unde:· ~his Pa~t of this Act. to be discharged by the Go-:ernor
of n. Provmce are to be duscharged. ·.
(S) The,Public Service Commission for the Federation requested so ;to do
by
the
GoverD.01 of· a Pr9vince may, with the approval of Governor~General,
agree 'to serve all or any of the needs of the Provjnce. .
· (4) References in this Act to the Federal Public Ser~ce Commission or a
Provincial
Public
Service Com~1ission :•hall, unless the context otherwise requires,
be construed as ref@rences to the. Commission serving the needs of the Federa:
tbn ~~" as tl1e case. may be, the. Province as respects th€} particular matter in
q11est,1011. . · · .· ' ·
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Burma (Miscellaneoqs Ame!)dments) Act, 1940 (3 and 4 Geo. 6, ch, ·
Aprll 1940.) . . · · '-
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265. Oomp.osition an,d. staff of' donimi8sion.1k---{l) The chafrman and. other
:memlfer-s of a Public Service: Commission shall .be .appointed, in· the case of the
Federal Corr.:'.mission, · by the. Gov:erntit<-General in his discretion, and in ,the. case
"of a' J?rovincia,l Co:minission, by the Governor o~ the Province in his discretion:
P~oviqed that at least one-balfof the me~bers. pf every Public Service Com
.mission shall be persol;i:s who at the dates of their respec~ive appointm€Jn.ts have
.. held office for' at least ten 'years under ~he Crown in India.
. (2) 11'.f .the case .. oi the Federal Commission, . the Govej:n()r-General. in his ':
discretion and, in the case pf a Provincial Commissiqn, th,~ Governor of. the
.Prpvince ill his di<1cretion, may by ·regulations-· . · ·
(a) determine the number of members of t,he commission, their teµure,, of
.. office tmcl their conditions of service; and
(b) makfil provision with respect to numbers of staff of th~'commi.ssion ·
.0..1.nd 'their conditions of service. ·
(3) OIJ. .c¢asin'.g t~ hoid. .office-, . . . . . . "
• (a) the. chairman of the Federal Coinmission. shall be ineligible for further
•.<;iroployment under the Crowh in India; · · • . . . . /
(b) the chairman of a Provincial Commission shall be eligible for appointment
.. as the chairman or a member of the Federal Commission . or as the chairmal:l
{)f anoth\31' Provincial Commission, but not any other e;,npfoyment unde~ the
·Crbwn hi India; 1, .
(o) no other member of the ]'edera:l or Provinciµ,l Commission shaU be.
~ligib~e for any other appointment u,nder the in India without the approva:l,
· iu the case' of i;i.n appoiritriient in connection with the afl'airs of a Province, of,
the Governor .of the Province 1ri his ~iscretioh and, in the case of any other
.. appointment, of the .GO.vernbr-Gener'al in his discretion. · .. ,
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.266. Fimctiorrs of Public Service Oonimission8._:::(1) It shall ]Je the duty of the
.J!'Eideral and the Provincial Publ.i-0 S.~rvice · Commjss.ions to corn:hict exan;i.inationa
fbi.· appointments to the services of the Federation apd 'the servic~s of the Pro.-
vince .respectively. · . · " . · . · · ·.
(~) It shall also be the duty of the Federal Public Service Commission, if
.rt>quested. by any two or. more-Provinces" so to do, Jo assjst those Province&. in
' framing and operating sc:Mmes .of joint, recruitment £.or ~heir forest services, and
-any oth( ser.vices for which candidates posse1?sing ·special qualifications are
required:
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. (8) The Secretary of State as. respects .~ervice.s and posts to which appoint~
~inerits are made by him, the Governor-General in discretion as respects other ·
services·
and posts
in .connectioµ ·with tlie affairs of. the Federation, and .the
Gov«rnor in his discretion as respects other services aud posts in c.onnection with
· t~e a:ffuitli uf · _ll Province, may mo.lrn rcgulo,tiona apooi;fyi:ng .tho matters in. which
. -either genera_ily, or in any particular class of case or ill any· particular' cir-.
--cmnst&nces, ~t shl(tll not be necessai;y for a Public Servi.ce Commission to be
consulted but, subject to regulations so made and to the. ptovisions of the ne~t
0 suqc~etl~ng subse~ti?n, the Federal Commission or, as· the case may be, the·
·Provmcial Comm1ss1on shall ·be consulted~
. (a) on an matters, refating to methods of recruitment.to civifser,,;ic~s and f~r
, civil posts.; . . ·· - / . ·
· (b) on the principies to l;>e followed in making appointments to civil services
q;,nd posts and in making promotions and transfers from service to another
. sud on thy suitability of candidates . for such appointments, pmmotions or
.
tra~1sfers
; , · ~
(c) on all disciplinary matters affecting a person His· Majesty in a
, civil capacit;r in India, including memorials or petitions to such matters;
· ( d~ on any claim ·by. -or in respect qf. a person who is serving· or• has served
•·His· Maj est.)' in a civil capacity in India that any cost3' incurred bv him in
·,,defending legal proceedings instituted against him 'in res
1pect. of acts" done 01"
purportiur, ·to· be done in the execution of his duty should be paid out of the
'>l'even ,1e•3 of the -Federation or, as the_case may be, .. the Province;
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(e) on ar,ty claim for the ·d of a pension .in-respect oflnju~i~s sustained,.
by a' person, while serving . . ajesty in a civil capacity Ind1(3., a;nd anY,
question as to the amount of any ;;iuch aw-ard, · · , · . . . ·
and it !:llrnll'l,>e the duty of a Public Service Commis'sion,to advise,'9n any :n:att~r· -
· so referred tc; them and on any other matter which -the G~vernor-Ge11eral m h1&
discretion, or, as tihe case 'm.ay be,'•, the Governor in his discretion, may refer
to. them. · ' · · i . .
(4 )' Nothing in this. seCtion' shall requi~e a l
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ublic. Service C~mmission to pe · ·
conslilted as .respects the l'.ll;aiiner hi which apipointmentg~ .and posts are to be.
allocated as ·between the various communities in the Federation or a Province
or,, in the case of the subordinate ra.nks of,the va!iOU\' police forces in India. as.
respects a'ny of the matters _mentioned in paragraphs .(a); (b) and (c) 0£ sub-
section (3;, of this section. • · • .
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267. Pow61' {o extend fu?icti.o'ii,s of Public Service Oommitisions.--':-Subject to.·
the· provisions
of this section,
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an 4.ct of the Federal Legisla.t\lre or ~he ]?ro-
, viucial Legi~lature. may provide for the exerc_ise of additio:aal functions-by the-,
.Federal Public Service Commission or, as tbe caa,e may ·by the 'Provincia.t
,, Ptiblic Service Commission : · ·
. . '
Prdvided that-, , . . .
(a) no Bill or amendment for the. purposes aforesairl s4all. be introduced or·
moved
wiihou~ the
previous sanctio:q of the Governor-Gell;eral in his discretion,:
or as the case may be, of the. G;overnor in his discretion; and · . , , ·
·.. · (b) it shall be a term of :f e:ry :>uch Act thaiJ the fun.ations conferred by it ·
• shall not be exercisable-· · . , ' · . . ,
(i) in relation to 'any p_erson appoi11:ted to a service or a. post l:!_y the SecFetary:
of State or the Secretary of ~.tate in Council, any officer in.His Majesty's Forces,.
or an),; hddet· of a reserved#p~st, except with the cons;:mt ~f the ·s.ecretary of .
State; or · . · ·
(ii) :wh~re the Act is a provincial Act, in' relation to any person who is.
not ,a· member of one of the-services of the Provl.nce, exc'ept with tbe consent
of the Governor,,.Geneml. · . · ·
~. Expenses of Pubiic Service. Oonimissions.~The expenses of the Feder~Ji
or a Provincial Eublic · Serv_ice . Comniission, including any salaries,' allowances.
and pensions payable to. 6r in respect of the members pi· staff of the' Commia. :
Bion,. shall be. charged on the revenues. of the FEl'deratiofr or,. as the case ma.y '
be, the Province: .. · · · ,
,
Provid~d·
that ;nothing in 'thia section shall charge on the revenues :of a.'
. Provir~ce anJ pE)nsion. 'which. is by virtue of the provisions of chapter Il thli!., ··
Part of this Act ch~rged on the revenues of the· Federation. . ·
CH.APTER IV.-0.e:APLA:JNS,.
269 .. Provisions as ·to ohaplains.-(1) There may, as heretofore, be. al'll
establi~hment of chaplains j;o :i;ninis~er .in Indiai to be ap•pointed, by th.e Secretro:-y: .
of State and the. nrovisions of chapter II of this Part of this Act ,shall, with .·
any necessary modifications·, apply in relation to that establishmr;mP and tio· ·
persons.
appointed
as chaplains· by the Secretary of State or1 by the Secretary, ·
of S~ate in Couricil
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. as tney apply in relation to .the chdl seuvices to which c
appomtment3 are to be ma.d\3 by the Secretary of State anCf to persons appointedi
to a civjl s<:rvice under the Crnwn in India by the Secretary of·· State or hll ..
the Secretary of State in Council, and for the~ pu:rpo:ses of the provisions or···
. chapter II relating to persons who retii;ed before tne commencement o! Part
III o'i this Act the said establishment shall be deemed to be,. an all-India· ·
service.
, ' . . .
(2) So. l~mg as an establishment of· cha•plaitrn is maintained in the Province
of. ~enga]. two members of t.hat. establishment in the ;province mu.st alw!J.ys, be·.
:i;n1pisters of the. Church of Scotland and shall be entitled to have out of the··
revenues of th~ Federation s~ich salarv as ia Ii-om time to time aUottei] ~·the:
n1ilitary chapiains in that Proy'ince. -· · . · ·
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· This ~ubsection applies to :the Province ·•of Madrai.and to· the ·Province of'· ·
13oi:nbay .as it applies t,o the Province of Bengal. . · · , .· ·
(3) The• ministers of '.the .Church ·of Scotland so appointed ch1,1.plainf! Tau&t
be' ordained ant,l inducted 'by the Presbyt13ry of Edinbmgh.4.accoi:ding to the
forms and solemnities used in the Church' of Scotlaµd, and, shall l)e . subject,
to the 'spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdic.tion in ·all things of the Presb'ytery
of Edinburgh, whose judgln:ents shall· be subject to dissent, protest and ap'PeQil
to the Provincial Synod of Lot.hi.an and Tweecldale and to the General ·Assem
bly. of the, Chureh of. S~o.tl~nd.
. ·CHAPTER v.-GENERAL .
. :. ~7'Q. lnden~nity fof past a~~s,-:-(i) N9 procee<l.h}gs ;:ivil or c!imina:: rshall be
, mstitu ted again.st any person m p1spect of any , a.ct done or ,purportmg to be
done -in the execution of• liis duty as a servant b~ the. Crown in ·Indb or Burma
before the relevant dat.e., except with the MJisent, in the ca.01e of a perso~.· who
was empl6yed in .connectio;n with the . affairs of. the Governme;nt of , India or.
· the affairs of Burma, , of the Governor;General in his discretion,. and .in the
cfise .of a person :61tnployed in connection with . the affairs of' a Province, of the
Governor 'of that Province ~ln his disci'etion. · · . .
{2) Any civil or criminal proceedingfl ·instituted, whether before or, after
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the coming into operation of this Part of th~s Act, again.€;~ -any perso~· in
. respe•}t of any·'act;, done or purporting to bedone, in the execution of his duty.
•as -a .servan~ of the Crowri in India or Burma befo:re t,he relevant. date shall
b,e .m.smissed unless the court· is satisfied. that the ·acts· complained· of w_ere not:
done in good. faith, arid, where any such proceedings are' dismissed; the costs .
· incurre.d. by the defend11nt slia..11, in &O. far as they are ·not reco.verable from
the persons instituting the proceedings, be charged, in .the case of persona-
. employed in connection
1
with the fun:cti9ns ·of the Governor-General in .Couri"cil
o~ the affairs of Burma, on t.he revenues of the Federation, and in .the (lase
of persons employed 'in connection with .the affaii;s . of a ,Province on the' revei:rnes
of that Province. · . · · .~·. '
(3) For th,e purposes Of this section-·
the e'll:pression "~h? relevant' date" means, in relation to acts done by
·persons employ.ed about the affai.rs of· a Provinee or about the affairs of l3urm1'.,
the commencement of Part III.of this Act and, in relation to acts done bj,
persons employ,1d about" the affairs·· of th~ Fed,eration, the . date of the· el'ltab-
lishrheht of the Federation·· ' ·
· .references t<'l t»e:rsous :mployed in connectiOn: 'Vl{ith the functions. of t1i• ,
Governor-General in Council include references to persons employed. in con-.
nection with the affairs of' any Chief Commissioner's Province; ..
a person shall be deemed to' have been employed about the aff~irs of a
Province if
he.
'was r:,mployed ttbout the1 affairs of tbe Province as constituted .
at the date when the act. complained of occurred or. is alleged to have, ocm:trretL
271. Protection. of public servants a.gains~.p1·011et;ution and . 8uits.-(1) No
Bill or amendme11t to .abolisli' or restrict tl~e protection . afforded to certain
servants of tbe Crown ill India bv section: one hundred and nii:J.et:V-seven of. the.,
Indian Code of Criminal· Procedure, or by sections eighty to .eighty-two o~ the.
Indian. Code o.f Civil .Procedure, shall be introduced or moved in .either Chamber L
of the Fede-ml Vigfalature Wlithou€ the previous ·sanction of the · GPve:rnor
General in hhs discretion, :or in a. Chamber of a Provmcial Legislature withotiti
the previous sanction· of. ilhe Governor irt his· discretion. ·
(2) The powers conferred upon o. ·Local Govermnent by the said s'ection
one hundred and ninety-seven with refipect to. the ~anetioning of prosecutions
and. the d~termination .of the court before which, the person by whom and the
manuer in which, a ·public sei:vant is to be tried, shall be exercisable only-
. (a) in the case 0£ .a perso11 emplo;red irl 'connection wit,h the Rffairs of the
Federation hy the G¢vernor-GenerlJ.l exercising his individual judgment; and
(b) in the case of a person employed in . connection with the affairs 0£ a
Pro:vince, by the Governor of that Province exercising his individual judgment:
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Provided that .nothing hi :this. subsection.· shall be -0onstrued as rE!sttict!rig
the power of the Federal or a P:i;ovincial Legislature to amend the said" section
by a Bill 'or amendment introduced. or moved with such previous sanction as is
mentioned ru. subsection {1). of this section.' · · . .. . .
·'' . (8). Wl:ierJ:l a civil ·suit is instituted against a public officer, within. the .mean-· .
ing oFthat expression as used in the Jndian Code of Civil Procedure, in respect
of a~ny, act put"porting to be done by hirh in his official capacity, the whole or
~ny part of thf> c0sts ,incurred by him and of any damages or costs ordered to _
be paid by him shall, if the Governor~General exercisiIJ,g his individual,judg
inent so· directs in the case of a person employed hi connection with the· aifairs
of the 'JJ\:icleration, or if the Governor exercisiµg his individual judgmen~ so.
directs iu the' case-of a person: employed in conn~ction with the affairs o{ a
Province, hy defrayed out· .of and charged on. the revenues .of the .·Federation.
or ·of thtl P.::ovince f\.s the-case may be. . . .
2?'2. Provisions as. to pa,yment of. certain pensions"' an.d exern1Jtian of, those
. pensio'.ns from taa;ation ,in India.-,Any .pension payable to or in respect 0f a
perl:!on wh<>-:- .. ·· .. . . .· · . 4 ·
(a) _before the commen.cemeht of J?art III of •this· Act . had serv:ed llii.;
· Mrijesty in India, Burma or' Aden, ·or elsewhere under the Go.vernor-Gen1'lr!J.l
in Co"uncil ; or .. . . . . .
(b) aft-er the commenc.ement of Part III of this 'Act=-·
{i) serves ln· India as an officer of His Majesty/a forces;. or
(ii) is appointed tq a civil sernce of, or to. an office or post under' the
Crown in Indiil by His Majesty or the Secretary 0£ State; or
("iii) hol<ld a reserved post, .; . . · . ,
· . · shall, i£ ·.the ·.person· to :whom the· pension is pay{tble is residing permanently
. outside· India, be paid on .behal of _the Federation o.r the Province, as the
case may be; by, or in accordance with arrangements made with, the Secretary
of State, and be exempt from all taxation imposed bY' or under 11-ny existing
Indian. law, or a:q.y law of the Federal or of a. Provincial Legislature. . -
278. Provisions as to fam.i~y pensipn funds.~(1) Ris Majesty may PY Order
in Council provide lor the vesting in Commissioners to he ii,ppointed under .the
Order
of- · ·
, ·
· (<t) the Indian .fylilitary Wid-Ows and Qrphans Fund; · ' .
(b) the Si.iperior Services (India)' Family Pension Fund;
( c) a fund fo be formed ont of the moneys contributed and· to be contributed
under the lndian M.ilitary ,Service Family Pension _,Regulations for the purpose ,
of paying pensions paylible tinde.r those regulations: .. . · .
(d) a fund to he formed but of the mOileys contributed and to be contril.mted
undel' the Indla:fi Civil Service Family Pension Rules for the 'Purpose 0£ payit:ig
. p~nsions payable under those ;r,ulei;i.. ·. ' . . . \. . . ,
For the investment of the said funds by the Commi~sioners, in such manner
· ais. subject to the provisions of t,he Order, they think fit; for the administration
of. tho said·funds hi other respects by the Secretary of Sfate, for the remunera
tion of the Commissioners out of ,the 'said funds, and for any other matters
inciaental to or .coriseq:uential on the purposes of the Order; and if , any sucli
Order is made, then, as from such date. as may -he specified in the Order, .
any pensi61115 payable ·under the said regulations and rules, shall, subject to
the provisions of subsection (3) of this s.eution pe payable -'out of the appropriate
fund in the hands of the Commissipners, and not otherwise.
Before reeommendi:µg. His Majesty to mal\'.e .any Order in Coun,cil under
this subsection the Secretary of State· shall Qonsider any representations made
to him by anv of the existing subscribers and beneficiaries or' by' a_ny persons
appoaririi; to him to represent any-bodv Qf _those' subs<:dbers ,or beneficiaries. .·
(2) Any such Order a:s aforesaid shall ]Jrovide that 1[ the balance .. in the
hands of .the Secretar:v of Stat,e in 001.i.hcil on the thirt.v:.first day of March
ninetPen hm1dred .and thirty-seve!l] ; in respect of the Indiap. Military-Widows
1. Subst. s, 10, the India 1;1nd Bur:ma (M1scelloneous An'iend1nents) Act, 1940 (3 11nd 4 Geo.
6, ch. ti:)
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[26 GJ!]O, 5 &1 Etiw. 8.] Gavemment ·al Indiac A~t, 1935. .• . .... [On.·~:}
.anP. .Orphans Froid and the ~uperior Service~ (Ind.ia) Family Pe~sion !;illd,
.and in resp~ct of the moneys theretofore contributed under the Indian ¥11itary
Servi_ce ]'a1nily Pensio~. Regul!f;t~ons · . ll:nd . the Indian. Civil f\ervi~e. 7a~H:r
Pensun Rul~s s:Piall, subJect. to. the p~ov1s10irn ot subse?t10? (~) of this section,
b~ transferred .. t0 the Commissioners before the exp1rat1011 of
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Ttwo. yearsl .
.from the .. said. date either all at one time 0r by i~stalments, together with sucli
interest a& ·may be prescribed bJ or under the Order:. ·
Provided that His Maje'sty in Council may, if it appeaFs to him necessary
,80" to do
1 e:XtE:nd the said per
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iod. of i{two y~ars]. . . . . . ..
(3) Any such Order, as aforesaid sha)l provide for the mak1µg of .ob3ect10ns
.by and on behalf of existing subacriberi; and beneficiai·ies to the vesting of -any,
iuch fuml as aforesaid in th~ Commissioner) 'and, if any objection is so ma(J.e
'in Jhe rnab.ner. and within if!l'e time limited by the Order-,-. . . .
. (a) so much,of any money in the hands of l[the SecrEltary of State 1n
~~ Council] a$ represents the. interest o~ the objector shall not be transferred tt;i
th.:;i Commissibners, but shall be dealt with .as part. of the revenues of the
Feder:+tion; and. · . · ' . . . . " . . . · • .
(b} in li,eu ofany pel;uifons which might be payable .out of ~he' said funds to . ·
''O.l: in re' spect or the objectors there. sha· 11· bt3f'payab1e, out t;if the reveu.u~. of '
the ]'ederation to and in respect . of the said petsons such P.ensions on such
~onditions as may be s•peci:fied in rules to be made by th¢ Secretary of State. . .
. (4) Any sach; Order. as aforesaid may, TI.(}twlthstan!ling anythjng ill' this Part
-0! this. Act or in the regulations or rules ·relating. to the fund in que~tion,
providtl for t-he making of such alterations in any pensions paya;ble out of the
fund to which ·the Order rebtes as may be reasonably, necessary, in ~onsequence ,
· of
... tl.\e transfer 'effected under·
the Order.. . ·
. (5) Any· interest or dividends received by the · ·Commissioners on suini:i'
forming part of any fund vested in them under this section shall be exempt froin:
. income ta'X' in the United Kingdo:i;n, an). estate duty shall not .be payable in.
·Great Britain, nor,. if the Parliament of Nortlie1n Ireland so provides, in Northepi '
; Ireland, in"respect of any pension payable under, the r~gulations or rulelil
xelating to any such 'ful).d.
· {O) In' this · section-
.. ref.erences to the Indian Military Se!.'Vfoe Family Pension Regulations or bhe
·Indian Civil .SHvice J!'atnily Pension Rules shall be construed .. a'S including ·
<t'e.!'.e1•erweis to any regulaLiot18 or rules which may be ·substituted therefor;
the ex<JH'6sBion. "existing subscribers. and beneficiaries" meuhs, in' relation
to the Indi.an Military Widows and . Orphans Fund ari,d the Superioi.: Servio~s
(Ind.ia.) Family Pen~idn Fund, persons who have subscribed to, or, are or have'
been .in ruceipt of pensions from, those funds, and, in .re~ation to thl'l funds.
to be formed out of the moneys contribu:ted under the Indian. Military Service
Family Pension Regulations and the Indian Civil Service Family Pension Rules,
persons who ~avo. contributed under, or are or have been in receipt of pensions
payabl.2l under, the regulations cir rules, not being persons who have>surreii.dered
or forfaited their,· irtterest in the fond 01·, as' the case n:iav be, their interest
under the regulations or rulesi ; · · · ' ·
:ref~.tences to p~nsions payable unde~ ,>the said regulations or the said rulea
. <l<~ not includi:; references to any pension or poition of 'a pension payable other.,
. ·
wu:;e .·Lhan out. of the
moneys contributed _and to be co1Jtributed . under those
regulations 'Or rules; · · . . ·
referei:ices
to.
moneys so contributed, or to be' ;o contributed, include refer·.'
·ences to mteresTi ·upon such µioneys. .· · . ' ·
(7) Not~ithstandin_g anything in this Act; and. in pal'ticular notwithstanding
the 8Ciparl1.t1?11 of Burma and Aden frbnl, .India, ·the provisio11s of' this section
shall apply m r\',lii.tion to •persons who, before tho commencement oI Pai·t III
'of this Act,. were serving His .Majesty ]n India, Burma 01~ Aden, and after the
commencement thereof continue to serve Hj.s Majesty in· Burma or Aden, as
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' . . - ' ' .. . . - -. - ' . ~ -. - - . . -- - -. - l, - ' -' . - - . '
" they apply in· relation tO other persons who are seryirig· or h~ve s~ed, ,His ·
.. , }1ajeaty in India, al}d acc.ordingly the regulations and :pules relating to any such
:,fu~id mf~O' apply in relatiqn to any• s:uch persons as afo!.'esaid. ' '
. If any Order'"b;1 Council is made ·under this 'secti:on; and ifprovisiotj in tha~ .
behalf 'is made by the Acts or rules relating to ·conditions of service of persons
serving His Majesty in Burma, the said regulations and rules m(:ty. also extend.
to persons Bippointed to the service. of the Ci;:ow'.Ii in B~rma· after· the commence~
ment of Part HI of this Aot. . .
274. Saping for. {ertai~ Funds Acts. '!Z9 &: 30 Viet. c: 18. si:;&; ·as· Viet. c. 12;.
, . ,45& 416 Viet. c. 45.-N"'otwithst~nding a:nything in this· Act, t~~ India Military
~~:qds Act, ;1866, the :FJast :fnd1.a · An;nu1ty. Funds Act, . 187~;· and 1the. :j)om~_ay _
" . C,1v1l Fund Act, 1882, shall c01;1tmµe to have effect bu,t subJeot to the followmg ·
. adaptations, that is to say, that anything to l;ie done under the said Ac.ts hy or ,
to the, S~crBt~r-y of State in Oo'u,ncil shall, '~fter the .com1-nencem,ent of Pr:tt ·
III of this Act, be do:n,e by or to the S~cretary of ,S,tate. and. for any referBnce ,
.in the ooid Acts to the' revenues pf Tndia·.there shall pe substituted a.reference
to the reverrnesof the. Federation.. ·, . ·. · , •· . • . · . ,
274k Persons• not.· to be· disqualified . py se:t: for ;hhld1?na . nq,rtain'. office:h-~A'
person. shall ·not be
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disqU;alified by sex· .for being appoi1ited -fo any civil service .
of, or civil
post
under; the .Crown in India other·than siwh a service or post a.,"9
may 1 be specified by any general or special order mad~~ · ··· · . ' · ·
. (a) by the Governor-General i~1 the, case of ~ervices and :posts in connection '
:wii;J: t}je affairs of the Fpderation; · · ' · . ,
(P) by the <;tovernor of a Province i\1 the case of services and posts in cori-
riection with tli
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e· affairs 'of the Province; · · . · ·
. (c) by thio Secretary of State hi relatio~ t-0 appq;ntrrients made· by him:,
. . Prov!ded t~1at any such agree.:n~nt with re~pe~t to joint ser_vices and posts as
is miontior1.ed m chapter II of tfas ~Part of this A'.ct may provide for the power~ .
conferred by this ·section ·on . the Go;ve:r;nor-General and the Governor· of a·
. Province. being e~ercised, ·with respect ,to the services or· po·sts .· to which ·the,
agreeme11t applies,' by the . Governor-Gener~! or. a specified Governor. . · ·
· 276. Pransi'livnal pro·1;isions.·-"Until•other provision is made under the appro~
priate provisions of this Part of this Act, .anv rules made under the Government;
of 1ndia Aet relating ,to' the civil servl.ces o( or civil post{:l under, th~ I Crown in '
India which were in force immediately ·before the comme~cefoent of Pari;. III
of this Act, shall, notwithstanding the i·e,peal of ,that .Act, c~mtinue in force so
'far as corrsisten,t with this· Act, and :shall be dee1~1ed to be rules made imder.
the appropriate .provisions of this Act. · · . ·· --·
~"(. Interpretation, d:c . ..:.....(l) In this Part of this Act:-
. the ·expres'~fons "all-India aei;vice," "Central Service Oiass J," "Central
Service Cli;tss II," "Railw?>y S.ervice Class I," "Railway Service Claas II'' ,and
"Provi:hci~l Service". mean rea}Jectively the services which ·were· immediately·.
befbre the con1mencement of Part !IT of this Act, so described respectively in ·.
the classification ·rules then 'in force under section~ n:nety-si;x B of the ,Govern~ ·. ·
:p'l.ent of India Act; and . . ....... . " · .· · ·;
·references to dismissal from His· MajeStty'e service include references to removal
from His Majesty's service. ....,
· ' (2) References in this Part of this Act t~o persons appointed to a civil oorvice
of, or a civil p'ost under; the. Crown in. India-,-· · . · · .
(a) ihclud~ references to person.s who, after f;ervice in
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India, Burma,
Aden, retired from the
1
service of Hh:! Majesty before the (}Ommencement
Fart III of this Ac.Ji;
• (b) do not in0h1de reforenoes to persbns so. appointed who, ·a~ter, tbe com
r.:1encement·
of Part
III of this ,Act, become members of a civil serywe of, or hold
civil posts upd,er, ,the Crown in Burn'la or ~den, .
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· ( he. inclusion in this Part of this ~t\.ct of prqvis10ns expreB,flY requiring,·
the Governor-Q~neral or a. Governor to exercise his irtdivid~al juagment with
·re&pect Jo any matter shall not .. be com;trued as d,erogating from the speci~r
refiponsi~ili.ty of the Governor-General and the· Go¥erBors for the securing to,,
and to the· dependants of, persons who are. or have 'been members of the pubUc·
. services of any rights provided or ·preserved for ·thein by or under this Act aniC
. the . safeguarding of their legitimat.e il!lterests.
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PART' XJ;.l
TUB SJ~CRETARY OF
STATE, Fi:rs ADVISERS AND HIS DEPARTMENT .
. 2?8. AClvisM·s :to. Secretary· of ,State.-::-(1) 'rhere ':'hall. b?; a body of persons'·
:app~mted by the Secretary of State, not being less than three nor 'more tha,H
six m numberr as the Secretary 'of State may from th:ne ,to time determine,
whos.!3 duty it shall be to adv.ise the Secretary of State o.n any matter. relating--
to India on which he .. may desire their advice. . . · . · · .
. (2) O;ie-ha.lf at. lea::.t of the persons for the time being .helding office. under·
this secti?n as advisers of the Secretary pf 'State shall be persons w~o .have held
offiC'e for at least ten years un:de,r the Crown in India and have not last· ceased tQ·
pe:dor:m ill Iridia official duties under .. the'.Cro·wn more than two years before tpe,
da.te of their r'espective apppintmenta as advii;;ers .under thjs section.
, (3) Any. person~ppointed l(LS an adviser to the Secretary of State shall hold"
office for a.term.Of five years and sfial!'not be eliail;ile for reappo!n:tment:
· Provided · ' "" · · · ·
•, . ' . (a) an{person s6 ap~ointed. may by writii1g uild~r his hand resign his office
· ·" · ,to th~ S.ecretary o~. ¢3.tate; . · · . ' ,
(b) the Secretary of State may, 'if he ia satisfied. that any p~rsoi1 so appointed
has Hy reason of infirmity of wind· or body become unfit to continue t.o hold his ·
l'.lffice, by order remove .him from his office. · · .
. . (4) A person for the time being holding office as adviser to the. Secre.tary·.
of State shall not be capable of sitting or voting in either House of Parliament. .
(5)
There
shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament 'tq each 0£
the advi&ers of .the Sec·retary of State ·a safary of .thirteen hundred and fifty
pounds a year, and also to any of them who at the date of his appointment was·
domiciled in India a SU bsistence allowance of, six hundred pouµrs· a year~ .
(6). Except .as otherwis~ expr~ssly provided in this Act, it shall be in t.he
diooretion of the Secretary of State whether or riot he consults with his advisers
on any matter, and, if so, whether he consults with them collectively or witk'
one or more of them individuri,lly, ri,n'd whether 01: not he ,acts in accqrd~nce
vri~h any !ldvice given to him by them. . . ' .
(7). Any provision 9f this A,ct which requires, that the S~cretary of Stat~ sh&tr
obtain the' concurrence of his' advisers shall be deemed to be satisfied if at ti
. ' meeting· of hie-advisers he obtains the 'concurrence of at least one-half of those
.present at the meeting; or if .su~h notice and· opportunity for objection; as 'ma:r
'be· prescribed has ·been given fo those advisers ·and none. of them has required''
that a''meeting shall be held for dis,cussion' of the matter. '
, In this subooction "prescribed" means prescribed by rules of business hiaiie
by ,the 1S~cretary of State after 'obtaining at a. meeting of his advisers the con.
currence of at lea1;t one-half of ~hmie present at the meeting.
(8) The Council of ,India as existing immediately before the commencernen•
of Part III of this Act shall be dissoived. • " · "·
, (9) Notwithstanding anytliing in . the foregoh1g provii;fons of this section, ~
· p~rson who immediately before, the com1nencement of Part III of, t<~is ~et W$S·
a member of the Coun0il of India may bA. appointed ui1der this section as. an
'adviser to the Secretary of SJ;ate ;to hold office as ·such for such period less than•
·five
years
as the Secretary 0£ State may think fit.· ·. . ·
:2'19. liJxisting aocount,s of Secrefory o/Sfo.te in Oouricil with Banl~ of Englan~.
-(1) Al,l stock or money standing to the credit of the Secretary of .State lli."
•• - • • ! •w
i This Part came into.force' on tlie. 1st Aj:r;-ii 1937 unde~ para .. 3, G. of I. (G. T.) Prov.?·
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'[C'a:>2.J .. .'Ii. Gov~rntn,~~t of lndiq; A~t .• 1~35.· [26 .GE\o./ !) & ;l Enw: :,~fj '
. -Ooux:;cil in tjie b<;ioks of the J3arik of Englarid at. the·commencement o(Part IlI ...
.. (>£ this Act shall; as £~om that' date, be transferred to the credit IOf the Secretary .
. ·of SM,te, and . any order or instrument. with resipect to that s~ck or 1r10ney exe~ .
.-Outed by tlie. Secretary of 1State ot by such person as· may, be· authorised. in· writing .
·by the S.ecretary of .State for the purpose, either generally o~· .f>'pecially, sh:;i,11 be
•a sufficient authority and discharge to the Bank in respect of anything done by
the Bani?: 'in accordance therewith. · • · · ·
. · (2) Any directions, authority or po~er ()f attorney . given cir execl{~ed· PY . o:r
-0n behalf of the Secretary of State in Council and in force at· ~he. comme1lceme·at ·
<:if Part III 0£ . this Act shall continue in force until countermanded ·or revokep.
'hy the Secretary 0£ S.tak .· . · . . · · ' '. · · . ·· · ·
· . 280. ·organisation and-expenses of -India OffiG'e.-(1) As fr~I:n the comfuence
\lllent of Pa,rj;. III of this Act.the salary of the Secretary of State and the expenses .
·o.f hi!it department,· including the. s'alaries ·ad ren.lurieration of. \he staff. tlfore6f, ·.
·shall be pai~ out of moneys provided by Parliartien~ .. ··. . . . . . ..
. (2) Subject to the provisions of the n~xt suc~ee.ding section with respec.t.to
~the transfer of ce:rt~in exis,ting officers, apd serva.nts; the Secr..etary' of 1State-m;:i;y .
·appoint such Officers and servant~ as h~, subject to. the .consent 'of. the Trea.S11ry '
. .a~ to nun;bers, may thin~ fit and there. shall be paid t<? ~.;rson? so. appon:ted
;such salaries .or 1:'emunerat10n as the Treasury _may from time i;o time .determme.
(3) There shall be charged on and paid out of the revenues of the Federation
in;to the Exchequer such periodical or other sums as rn,ay ~r0m time to time ·be
··. ~greed between the Governor-General and . the Treasury in respect of so rr'lu<th
of .'the expenses 0£ the department of the. Secretary of State. ::is is attributable.
. to the performance on behalf of
1the Federat.ion of such £Unctions as it may be
.. :agreed ,between the S.ecfretary of State and. the Governor
7General that· that
department &hould so perform., . , · · · · ·· . · · , ·
· ~Sh Transje1· of existing pcrsonnel.-:--(1) All 'persons who immedh1tely bef~~e· ·
. the comrrience_I:\leh.t of Part. I.1I of this Act were officers or servants on t:ti,e per-
1
·manertt establishment of the Secretary of State in Council shall on that date be ··
transferred to the department of the Secre,tary of State and shall be deemed to·
:be permanent Civil Servants of t}le State. · ; · . • · · ·
, . (2) Subject · ?-"" hereinafter. provided, the provisio~s of the Superannuation
;Acts,. 1834 .t~. 1935, and of any. orders, rules. and regulations made ~hereunder•
$hall .. apply in relation to. ,a pel'.son so ti·aIJ,Sferred as aforesaid as they apply<ip
.relation to a person entering the . Civil Service with a , cel'tificate from the Civil
· Sezyice Commissioners,·
and
for tlrn purpooos of those Acts~ order&, rule.a and
Tegulations hiS service shall be, reckc;med as if i!f~rvice on. ·,the per1nanent 'estab-.
lfahniimt ot, and employment by, the $ecretar.v qfState in Council had at all.
,i,imes been service or en1ployment in a public departm8,nt the exp~nses whereqf
>were.
~holly
defrayed out of money& prov?ded by' Parliament·: · · · ·
, Provided that ne~ther the. S_tiperannuation Act, 1909,J9 Edw. 7, c. 10) .nor
section four of the Supel'.annuati011 Act,· 1935 (25. · &; . 26 Geo. 5. c. 23), shwl
apply in relation to any person ,so transferred unless that Act; or~ as the case .
may be, tfiat section ,(as applfoable to persons ori foe perrr,anei:it establishinent
<0f the Secretary ,of $tate in Council) ·would have applied 'in helation to him if
ilhis Act had not been passed. · ·.
(3) F.tis Majesty may by Order in Council direct that in their application to .
, ~ny person so transfe:rred, the said Acts, orders; rules and regulations shall have ·
·effect
subject·
to any· ~;uch modificatfons as may appear to Hie Majesty to .be.
necessary. for securing th;:i,t ,t.he case of any such p<:r8011 shall not be ~eal~ ''fltp
''in any ,manner less favovrable to ,him thai:; it would,have been dealt ':1th if this .,
Act .had not been passed and he had continued to sel'V.e .on the establishment of
·the Secretarf of S,tate in Co,unci~. .
(
4)
~11. persons who, not. befrig on tl,ie . permanent establishi11ent ?£ .... the
·Se·aretat'y of 1S,tate tn Council, were immediately .before· th~ com;nence1nent of
Part III of this Act officers or servan,ts employed m. the Umted Kmgdom by the
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S~c~eta1~ .gf State in Council shall .on ·.th:;it <I~te !Je ·1•r,aneferred t'.o the d:parinnent -
Q'f the Sec:ret,ary of &tR;te and, for. the purposes .of the Superannuation , Acts;.
,18&( to 1935,, and the .ordera; rules. and. regulations made thereunder, ·employ
ment by the Secretary of State in Coun0il ,shall be treated as . if it had 'been'
employment by the Secretary of State. . · . . ··. • · ·
· (?) If the. cond·itions of .service of any person to whom the last . preceding•
~ubsecti?n applie& included a c011dition as., to eligi~ility for a retiring allowance
ltJ. consideration of meritorious service., the l'reasmy rhay, if they think fil.
grant· to hirn .such an. allowance· on his retirement. ·
(6) Not~ithstanding !lnything in the _Pensions Co1mn1,ltation A6ts, 1877 t<>
:).882, it shall Le l::twJul :for the Treasury to commute for a capital sum oo much
of any superannuation, compensatio~1 or retiring, allowance as is payable. out of
moneys . provided py Pa1·~fament to .a person so transferred as afori:iooid and for ..
the Secretary o:E 18.tate so to Qommute so much of any such aP.owance as is.
payable to such a pE;Jrson out of the reyenues of the Federation, ·
Any, such commutation i:;hall be mad~ upon ,f'uch cbnditions ·as B:is Majes,:ty
in Council m'.ay direct', not beirig 1)1dre favourable than the conditions which.
would have applied. to the persori in qm~stion if he had retired from the e.stab-
lishment·
0£
the Secretary of State in Council.' · , '"'
· '282. Cofl.:tributiOns from reven1te~ of Fec/:eration.-(l) So much of any super., .
annuation allowances, compensation allowances, retiring allg..wances, adqitiona.l'
allowarl.ces or . gratuities· wh~ch may become payable to 01' in. rEl'spe~t ofr officers '
ff m:id servants transferred by. the las.t preceding secti<in ·to the department 9f t,he
Secretary of S.tate as His Majei:;ty ·in C_ouncil tnay det13rmine to represent ~he·
proportfon of ·such allo~vi:i,nces or gratuities attriblitable to service· before the·
·
date 'of .trahsfer shall
be paid ·out otthe revenues 0£ the Federation: . .
' · Provided that acaount shall iiot be taken of any sel'viee befol'~ the date of
iiansfer in tespect of which such an allowance or gratuity p!J,yable out 9f moneys
provided by Parliament. might, i£ this Act had not be~n pai3sed, hav~ been 1
awarded under the Superannuation Ae;ts, 1834 to H135. . . . ·
(2) If any. officer or servant. so transferred to the depart:r:r'ient of !:he. Secretary
of State, or any perso.n who, having been previously on ,the esfrablishment of the ·
SPcretary.
0£. S;tate in· Council, was immediately
before the commencement of
llarb III of ,this. AuL a. member of the,.staff of the High Commissioner ·!or India;.
or any person who ,immediately befqre the cqmn;i.encement of Part III of thfa
·. Aet was the .A ud.itor of the Accounts of ti;he 1S.ecretary of State in Council or tJo
. member of his .istaff, lo13es Ms employment by reason' of the . abolition of his
offiee, or post, or by reason of any r~org~riis1l.tion of t;pe dep,artmenk or of his
office, where . such abolition. or reorganisation results in .the opinion of ·, the
Sec'retarjr of State. fr.om the operation of this Act or .the Government' of. Burma
Act, 1935, t:\;J.E'l Secretary of State .ahalL award:- ~o t.hat officer or eervant out of
the revenues of the. :Fe9eration such compen~tion . as he may think just '.lnd'
equ1table· in augmentation of any allowance or gratµity ior which that officer or
servant may,. be otherwise eligible. · ' .
(3) Any payi:p.ents directed by this sectior,1 ·to· be made. out of the rev en nes
of the.· Fedei·ation
shall
be charged upon ithosg revenues.
. 283. Liability for. pensionB ,in resp,~ot of ~,;rvice before cornrnencernent of'
Part 111.-(1) The .liability for payment .of any superam:iuation . allowances·,
compensation allowances, retiring allowances, additional allowanceS'
and gratuities which immediately before the commencement of Part Ill of
this 'Act were ·paya.l>le to or, in respect of persons in respect of service on the
estahlishnient. of the Secretary 0£ Stat.e in Council, or in' resp~ct of service
as Audiwr of the Accounts of the Secretary of State in Council, or in respect
of service ?.'s a member of that .Auditor's staff, or partly in respect of servic~
on th.3 establishment. of the Secretary ot State in· .Council or a,s a member
Of that kuditor's staff and, partly in re~pect of se:ndce as a member of the 6f:aff
of the High .Commissioner for India shl;ill be a liability ·or the Govern1nentof
tbe Federation, and those allowances. and gratuities sh,all be charged 1Jp'on thC.
:revenqes 6f the Federaliion. ·
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"'1 (2)' The provisions 0£ sub-section (1) of. sectio~ sh~ll also' apply to.· so'
"'much of ariY,' superannuatiOn ,allowances, corµpensation~ allo:.Vanoes, ' retfring. '
::allowances, additional allowances, and gratuities' a)Vardedr after the' commence-"'
r:{l'lent of· Part II~ of ·this Act to persons not transferred-by the lMt but one pre•
·cedmg section· as is attributable to such service before the commencement bf
., · Part lII of this Act as is 'me~tioned in the said sub:;sectioii (1). ' '. .
~: 2~4. P.r.ovisiot as., to certain India Office p.r6vident_. funds.-:Any sumi:i which)
-~ thrn Act ha4 not been passed, would have been payable, whether as of right
·or not, by the. Secretary of .S.tate in Council out 'of the revenues of India to or
in r.espect of a person who was a subs'c1%er, to the Regular Wid0ivs'. :Fu.rid, tlie ·
Elders Widows' Fund, or. the India Office Prnvident Fund, shall be paid out of
the revenues of the Federation and charged on .tho~-e revenues". ·. 1. •
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1
[284A, Uonfirn;iation of appoi:itments to Jndia Office staff and staff of Audito.r
-0f'lndian
Hon.,l't Aooount~.~(1) Any
appointments which the S~cretary of State
. in Council· has purporled'. to make ,to: his permanent establishnient .before the
· ~ommencement of Part III of this 'Act, and. any increases· whi.ch he·,has purported'
d;-o ma);:e in the salariee of persons on that establishment, shall for all purposes
'·be deemed to have been' validly made notwithstanding ;that the ma;king thereqf
·was not Ranotionfld hy H.n Or<lnr of TfiR MR.jeRty in Council a1'1 pmvi,d!ld by section
-11eventeen of the. Government of l'ndia Act. , . · · . '
(2)' Any apppintmenta which the Auditor of the .accounts of the Secretary
of State in Qouri.cil has purported to make to his staff before the comme:i;icement
/.of the said Part III. shall be deeme(J. to have been validly made notw~thstandbg
~hat. the :tn~king thereof was not. authorised by suc.h a ·warrant; of .His Majesty·.
as is mentioned iii section twenty-seven of t1ie Governmen;t .of India A'&t, ancl.
all salaries paid to any. per<!Oll on the said Auditor's staff shall Be deemed to'" '
'have been du,ly paiil notwithstan,~ing that they were not so 'au.thorised. J
. . P,A,RT XII.
2
MlSCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
Th13 Crow:n and the Indian States.
285. Sa'!Jing for righ~s and 9bligation1J of tfi,e Crown in its relations ·with Indian
..Btates.-..Subject in the case of a Federa:ted ,St.ate to the prqvi&ions of , the
Instrument of Accession of that Statf:), nothing in thiS Act al':fects. the J;ights and
-0bl~gations of the, Crown in re.lation ·to ahy 1ndi_an State. ,, . ' ' .
. 286.
Use· of His· Macj,esty'8 forces in oonneotian. with disohargei of the func-'.:
'tions of th~ Crown ln its, relations 'lfith
Indian States.-(1) If His Majest,Y's,
iRepresentaMve for 'the exercire of th,e functions of ,the Crowl':1 iIJ. its relations
wlth Indian State·fi requests the assistance of arme,d forces for the due discharge
·of those functions, it shall be the duty of the Governor-General ill" the exe.rcii:\8 :
of the executive au,thority of the :.Federation to cause, the necesf;)ary ~017ces to be
employed, accordingly,
hut the net
additional expense, if 1\1-ny, in1:mrre.d in con
nection with those forces by reason of that employment shall b,e deemed ·to be•
·expenses of His Majesty incurred in diecharging the said . .£unctions of the Crown ..
. (2) In discharging 'his £Unctions under' tpis section the G:overhor-General Rhall ·
act in his discretion. · · · · · · · ·
287. A.rra~geme,nt8 for Gnvernors and Provincial staff to a88ist. in• discharging
.functions of J?olitiaal Deparimient.__:_Arrange:nenLs r.my be made between His
Majei;£y
1
s Representative for the exercise of the f'i.mctfons of the Crown in its
relations with Indian States aµd the Govern9r of any Province for the discharge'
'bY. the ·Go,vernor ;:ind officere serving in connection with the affairs of the Province
-0{ powera. 'and' duties in connection with the exercise of the said :functions of
t):te Crown. ·
' 1 Ins. a. 11, the India and Burma ('Mis,oellaneous Amendments) Act,· 1940. (3 S:nd 4 Ge0;
"3, oh. 5.) · .. ' . . . . .
2 Th$8 Part came into.force-Oil the 1st April, 1987 under para; 3, .G. of I. (0. ',I'.) Prov. o.
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[2ff Giw. 5 .& 1 · 8.] · Go1ie·;'nmen.t offatiia Aot, 1935.
" Aden.·
·~SS. Aden.-{l) ·on ·such i,1.ate
1
a~, His. J\!Iajesty may .by Order .iu 'Council
.appoint (in this section referred to' as "th,<, appointed day") the then exjsting
·Chief .Commissioner'& Prt>vince
·9f
Aden (in this section /referred .to as "Aden")
s.hall ce,ase to be a par;t of British India. · . . ' · · . ·
.(2) At ai:ly t.ime after ,the passing of t'ti:is Act it sba11, be lawfo'l for. His Majesty
Jn Council to mal,l:e . such provision ·as lre deems proper for th'e government 9f
. Aden ~~ter the app'ointed day, and any 1911ch Order· in Council may delegate to
. any person or persons wi;thin Ad~µ power to make laws for the peace, order and
good, goYerriment .of AP,.en, without prejudice to the power of Bis Majesty in
· Council, notwithstanding such delegation; from time to titne to make laws fqr
any of the p'qrposes aforesaid. . · ·
(3) A.n Order m'ade by His Majesty in· Council by . virtue of ;t':I ~ ·preceding ·
flnb-aection may, without .prejudice to the generaUty of the yvoi;:ds of tl,iat sub
.section, contain provisions with respect to-:- · · · · . . ·
i (a) the continuing yalidity of all Acts, orders, ordinances ·and regulations 'in
force in Aden immediately before the appointed day; . · , ·
(b.)·the continuing,, validity of lawful acts done by any authority in Ade1L
· the appointed day; · . 1 ·· •
(c) the validity. and co'{ltinuance of proc.eeding's cor:p.menced· before the .
14-PPQinted day .in any Court of Justice irr, or having jurisdiction in, Aderi; and
(d) the eµlorcement by or aga~nst the Government of Aden of claipis which,
if this Apt had nqj; been passed, might have been enforced by or against the
Secretary of State in Council in conne.ction with the ii.4ministration of Aden:
, ( 4) !£ any such Order is :inade, it shall confer appell~te jurisdiction from
c9urts in Aden upon such court ill' India as may be specified in the Order, and .it
shall be the duty of any court in India ,upon which jurisdiction is so qonferred
io exerqise .that jurisdiction, and euch contributiqn; if a:ny, as His Majesty in
·Council may determine shall be ;paid out ol the revenues 6f Aden towards the
· . expenses of that court. · . ..
The Order shall also make provision specifying. the cases in which an appeal.·
•,'
frdm that court in India may be brought to His Majesty in Council. . · . . ,
(5) Any· property which immediatel.t-before' the sevaration of Aden irom
India was :vested in Hi~ Majesty for the purposes of. the Government of India
a,nd eit~er was then situate in Aden, or, by virtue of any de1egation from the
Secretary of State· in, CoJ.ncil or' otherWise, was ,then in the possessit;m, or under.
the control of, or held. on· account of, the, Local Government of Aden, shall, as .
'from the said separation, vest in His Majesty £or the .purposes of 'the Qovern7
ment of Aden, and any contra.cj; made or liability incurr13d by cir on behalf of ..
the ,Secretary Qf S,;;ate in Council before/the ss,id separation solely for a pur:riose
1
-which Will after the separation be a purpose bf the· Government o1 .Aden sha.11,
9.$ froni the separation, have effect a1t if· it ·had been made or incurred by or on
'behalf "of ·the Government of Aden ..
New Ptovinces and alteration8 of boundaries of Provincl$S. ·.
289. Crea:tion of new PTovinces-of Bind and Orissa.-(1) As from such date
2
11S His Majesty may by Ordt.r in Couneil appoint-· · ·
(a) Sind
s};iall
be separated ,from ·the Presid~ncy of Bomb~y a.nd shall form
.jl Governor's Pro"\Tince to be krio\>hi a~ the Province o:f Bind; · ·
, (b) Orissa and such other areas in the Province~ of Bihar and Orissa as· maY'
he specified iQ the Order. of His Majest.y eh9.ll be separated from tha:t ProvinQ,!3,
and such areas as may be specified in the said Order shall b,e separ9.ted :from the
P1•osl.dency or Madras and the Ce11tral Provinces respectively, and Orissa and
ihe othe.r ,areas so · separated shall together. form a Governor's Province to be·
known o.s foe Province of Orissa.; and
i. The lSt April, 1937, see para.. 3· or the Aden Colony 0 rder, 1936. : '
I The lat: Aµril, 1936, e.ee pa.rs,. 4 of the G. of!. (C~Mt. of Sind) o .. 1936 and ofthe q.. or:r.
·(Cowit. ef,Orii!S~) 0., 1936.. · · ·
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~CH, 2.] , Govcr;irnent oflndi~ .Aoti 1935 .. [26 qEci, 5 .& 1 JiJDw. -a.r
· (c) .the Pr-9vince· formerlyJmoW)1 as 13ihar ahd Ori.ssa shall he known iis the:
Province 0£ Bihat. · · · . · ·.· . · · .·· . · .
. · (2) An q~der, in C?uncfl mad~ ,mid er this
1
section ,shall'denne the boundaries.
.
of t'he Pmvmces ·of Smd ,and Onssa
and may contain_:_ . · · . .·
· . (q.) ·such pm vision~· for their government and administration dmihg the period.
before Part III of
1 this Act comes into .. operation ; · ' · . ,.
(b) sucfi prov_isions for varying dui'i<i,g the sa~d "period theeomposition of the•·
Local Legislature of any Preside.ncy or Prov!noo the boundaries of which are}
altered .. under this section; . .. · · -· · · · ·, ·
· (o)
such :provisions
with respect, to. the laws .which, subject to ametidment
ji!r repeal by the Provincial or, as tlie case; may be, the Federal Legislature, .are·.
,
to
be in force in, ol! in any part of, Sind or Orissa respectively; . ·. .· . · . .
(d) in tbe case of Orissa, such provisions with respect to the jurisdiction
therein of ari.y ·court . theretofore· exercising the jurisdiction oi a High Coo.rt, ·
eithe.r generally. or for !;tny p~xticular purpose, in any. 'ai:~a. t.o be included in i;he-i
Province;~ · ' · • " ·
(e)
such provisfons 'w1th
respect to appor:tioni11ents and adjustments of. ~ncJ
in respect of assets and liabilities; and . . . ·
en such supplemental, incidental a1id ·ponsequential provisions.:
t\S His ~aje&ty may d,eern necessary o:i;, proper.
. (S). Subject to the provi9i0nsof any su.ch Order aa· a:foresaid, the Gove:rnor
tlcnera.l in. Council. may, until the date on .:which Part III of this Act· com~s'
h)fo operation, exercise in relation :to the Provinces of Sirid an'd OriSsa and nny
·. rrei;;idency or. Province the boundaries· of which are altered under this ·s<;iction·
any. powers which he might \have. exer,cised if hhe said· new Provinces 4ad been -·.
constituted; or those .boundaries ha<l been .. a,ltered, under the provisions fo tha;t ·
behalf contained in the' Government 0£ India Act. . . · . .· ·.
(4)I:n this .Act the expression ''the. Legislatfve Connell o1 ,the Province',_
when m1ed ,in relation to a· date before the commencement of Part III of this
.'Act shall in the case of Sind and Orissa be deemed to refer fo ·,the Legislative-
eouncils ·or Bombay. arrd""of. Bihar or Bihar and Orissa respectively. . .
200. Greation of new Provinces .. and _aUeraUons of .boiindaries 'of Provinces.-.,...;
.~l) Subject to the provisions of t..bis s~ction·, ·.His Majesty may by Order· ·in·.
· Council-'- · · ' -' - · ·
(a) create a new :Province;
(b) inc:r¢ase the area of a1iy Province;. , ·
(c) diminish the area of any Provin.ce;
(d) 1;\lter the boundaries of any Province:·. . ...
Provide:l that. before the. draft of an;: ,, .. lch OrdElr is laid oefor~ Parli<iment, ·
the Secretary of State shall take si.lch steps as His Mafosty -!.U&Y diredi for as
eertainJng
the
views of .the Fecle:ral Govemment l'tnd the Chaqibi;lrs of the Federa,1
Legislature and the views of the Government and the OJia:r:nber or Chambers of.
·
.. the
Legislature of any Province which will be affected by t.he Order, .both with
· respect to the proposal to make the Order· and with reaped fo the provisions to ·
he ins~rted therein. . . · .
·
c{2) ·
An Order made under this section may contain· such pro\lisions for varying
bhe representation· iri 'the Federal. L~gis1ature r)£ 9:11Y (}overnor's Provinc.e the<·
boundaries of which are altered by the Order and for varying the composition of
ibe Legisla£ure of any such Pro1vince, such provisions with respect to apporlion
r,1cnts 11nd adjustmenLs of and in respect of assets and liabilities, and such other
supplemental, incidental and consequen.tial provisions ae His M~jesty may d~em
.. necessary or J)rppftlr: · . . . . . . .. . . · ' · .
'
Provided that
no such Orcte:r shall . vary the total membership of either
. tJhambe~ of the Federal Legislature. . .,· ' . .
. (3) In this section ·the ~xpression "Province·' means either a .. Govei'nor'~
Province or a Chief Commissioner
1
s Province• ,,
· · 'Franchise. · . . ,
· .· 291. Power of 'His Majesty to m.ake provision· with respect to .franchises qnil.
t:leoJions.-:-In s'O far as. prdvisipn with. r~spect to the matters hei'e-ina£te:r ·rfieri:•'
iioned is not :made by this Act, His Majesty in Council.may f~om ttme to time
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1
(}0v~~tlt.e~t ~/ Jndia Act, 1986< '·, [CJ1 .. _Z,J,'
· , th&ke pl'Ovision with re~pect to th:ose matte1.1s, or ainy 9f t~,em, th~t i!il: to 13ay:
(a) the delimitation" of territorial constituencies fQt the purpose. of, electiqn,s
uude;r · thh:i Aat; · . · .
(b) the qualifications entitling persons to vote fa territo~al cir o~her consti-·
t~encies a~ srn~h-elections, and the preparation of efoat9ral rolls; . , . .
· . (e) the' qil~lifrcations for being elected at suqh elections, as a member of a
l~gislative body; ·, · .· . ' ·
· {d) t}le frll~ng of casual. vacancies in. any ·such_ body, .· I . ' , . _ ~ _I'
(e) the conduct of.electmns under this Act and thi:i,methods of votmg thei;eat; ·
(f) the. exp_enses of candidates at such elections;
> ·, (g) corrupt practices and othev offences at or ip coimecvion with sucli
~lections ; · · . , ·
' ' (k) th; decision of doubt~ and disputes arising out of, or in co:i:rnection with
suoh ,~lections i , . . · . · .
. ' '! ;(i°) matters aricill~:ry fo ~ny 'such matter as afor~said.
. . - .· Provision1 a
1
1r to certain l~(jal ~att,er8.
-· 1'29~. Emisting law ~f' India to continue in f~rce.-Notwithsta;nding)he'_re'()eal
by this ·4.ct of the.. Governme~t o~ TndiaAct, bnt &tlbject to the other' pro~&iorui
,,f this Aeit, all the law in force in British Iridia immediately before the com
·mencement of Part III,,,of this Act shall continue in force in; British IIrdia 'uhtil
a ere4 or repealed or amended by a corn:petent Legislature or other. competent:
authority. · . . .. · . / . . , ! · • ·
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293. Adaiptatio11-of e:eisting Indian la~a, ~c .~-His Ma]ooty inay by Order
,jn Council to be made ~t any time after the. passing of. this Act provide that, a9 ·.
from such date as may be specified in· the Order, · any law in force fo British
.India or .in ,any pa.rt of Bri~ish ·India shall, un~il repealed or 'amended' by· a
co:w,petent·Legislature'or other competent authority, have effect subject l;o,.such
adaptations
a-µd ·modifications as appear
to Hi& Majesty to be necess~ry OF ·
expedient for bringing the provisions ot that law foto accord with the provisions
of this, Act and, in partfoular, irito .accord 'i:vith the provisioi:ts thereof . which ·.re·
constitute under , different names governments and authorities in .·India: '.and
prescribe the .dis<tributi9i1 of legislative and executive powers .between the ·Fede-,,
·. ration and··the Provinces: .. . . · · · ' . . . · ·
Provided
that .no. ·such law as aforesaid
shall 'be made. applicable to any
,
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Federated 18;tate by aIJ. Order in Council made under this section. .
In this sectfoll the expression "law''. does not include an Act of Parli11menti,
but includes any ordini:mce, order, bye-law; rule 'or regulation having in ;British
India the force of law. · · · ·
294. Foreign jurisdiction.-(1) Neither the execµtive authority of the ;federa-
tion
nor ths legif;llative· pow~·r
of the Federal Legislature shall extend to any ar~a
in a Federated Stil.te _which His Maje&hy in signifying his acceptance of the
Instrument 'Of. ·Accession :of ,that State. may d~lare to be ~ area theretofor~
administered by or on, behaH 0£ His Majesty to which it fa. expedient thaJ; the
provisions 'of this sub-sectirm should apply, and references in ·thifl Acl; to a
.Federated State shall pot be construed as including references po any _such area:
Provided ,that-·
' (a) a Ueula~ation shall not be 'made under this sub"section with respect to
'any area unless,.pefore the execution by the Ruler of the Irn;trument of Accession, ·
notice has been
gi:v-.en
to him of His M11jesty's intention to make. that decla,ttatfon;
{b) if .His Majesty with the assent of the Ri.¥ler o£' the State rel~n.quishes his
. '. powers and' jurisdiction in relation to, any such area or any part o; any such area,
. 'the fore.going provisions of this sub~sectipn sl).all cease to apply to that area or
part, and the executive au~hority .of the }i'ederation ,and<. the .legislative power
of the Federal Legislature shall extend thereto m respect of such
. 1 ,'T,he,prov:iilio~ .of.these ;Qti0ns hll.ve l;ieeh ]flo,9-ifl:.~ by the I. !'md B. (Existing. J;;i;;ws .
Ac~, 1 037 (1 Edw. S l!Jld l', Geo. 6,,ch.9). · .
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matters and· subje~t'1~0; ~u~h limitations as ma.y _be spe~ified. in;~ suppl~entar,
Instrument. of Acc,esslon for the &tate. · . · · · · · · · . . • ·. :, ·.· .· :
. Nothin,g in this w,b-section apphes to any area if it appears t;c;.ms· '.Maj~sty
1
"'"''thatjurisdi,Qti~n 'to administer the area -was granted to him sqlely, in ~imection
'"with a railway, · , .· . . · _ · · ·
(2) S.ubject as aforesaid and t6 the-f6llowing previsions· of this section, if,
. '"'·after the'~acctission of.a fitate becomes· effec'tive, p,9wer ~r jurisdiction therein ·
.with respect ,to any .matter is, by virtue. of the In&t~ument of Accession of the
:·:.state, 'exercfsable, either generally 'or subject tp limits, by the Federation, .the
''}t!'eder:;i,l Legislature, the ·Federal ,Court, the Federal Railway Authority, or. a
Court or an autho1·it:y. exercising the power o'r jurisdiction by virt:Ue of an Act
1
of ~e FeC.eral Legislature, or. is, by virtue of an agreemw.1t .made uii{l,er Pa-1'.t
,. VI of this .. \ct in. relation to the administration of .a law of the Federal Legis~ ·
· · . lature, · exerclsa'ble, ~ither gene;rally or subject to lim~t&, . by tb,e .~til~i; !'r. 4!~
offioo1'S, 'then any power 0r jtirisdiction formerly exercisable on ,!I1a .M.a~esty s
·,'behalf in that State, whether by, virtue of the Foreign Jurisdiction .Act; ·1890,.
· · 'o'l' othE>rwise, shall not he exercisable· in. that State with respect t9' that a;n~tter
· 'Ol", as the· case may be, wit~ re~pect to. that matter within _those· limitsi. · , ·'
. (3) So much·o£-any law as by virt~e of any power exercised by or on.f>ehalf
uld:·Hs Majesty to make .laws in. a State is in force in a FederatE1,~ St.ate nt;me~
diately .before the accie>is.ion of the Stnte. become.:tf effective and m1gb't by virtue ·
of the Instrument of Accession of the State be re:enacted for that B.tate by the
F~eral Legislatµre,. s)fall continue' ill force and be deerrrnd for· the ~utposes of·
this Act• to be a Federal faw so re-ena.cted : · · . . · . · · . c · ·
·. :Pr'Ovided that an{such law may be repealed or amend~d by 'Act 6~ Ahe
Federal Legislature .and ynle~s continued in force by such an Act shall. ~~e. to,
lbave
0f-fect
on the expiration of five years. from the date when the a~cess1on of
the Sta,te becomes effective. · ·. ·· · · . ' ~ ·
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(4) ,Subject as~ aforesaid, the. powers and jurisdiction ·exercisable by or on
behalf of His Maje&ty before the commencement of Part III o:f thfs Act in
Indian States
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shall. continue to. be exercisable, !!,nd eny Order in Cduncil..with
respect to the said powers or juriwiction made under the ·Foreign ;Turisdi:ctioh
Act, 1890, or-otherwise, and all delegations, rules o.nd orders .made· under nny ·
~uch Order, shall ,eorttinue to be 0£ full force and' effect until the Order fa'.
amended or revoked by a
1$ubsequent Qruer:· ·. '
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Provided thfl.t nothi~g,· in this sub-section &hfllt b.e construed as prohibi£ing
His Majesty from reliriq:u,ishing any power or jurisdiction in any India.n State.
(5) An Order in .Cou:i;icil made by virtue arid in exercise of the p'owers by the .
Foroign Jurisdiction.Act, 1800, or othel"Wi!>ll in His. Maje~ty -ves:ted, ,ert,ipowe~~.
ing an:-y . peroon to make rules and orders fa respect .of courts qr' administrative
authorities acting for any territ'ory shall· not be invalid by reason only that lt
' confers, °'r .delegates powers to ,confer, on .cpurtsi or administrati.ve autho;ritiea '
, power to sit or act outside tlie territory ip respect of which .they Ji ave f uri§die-,
tion or functions, or that it conferis, or delegatee power to coq!er,. appellste .
jurisdiction or. functions on courts or administrative authorities sitting or acting
(l>utside the ter:dtrory, ' · · · · ·
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(6) In ·the Foreign J uriadiction . Aet, . 1990, ·.the. e~pression "a . British ~ourl
m a foreign country" &hall, in relation to any part of India ou,tside British India, ,
m.c1ud'e a11y .Person. ~lily e:gercisin~ on behalf of 'H!s Majesty-any jurisdiction,
·Q!vil or crrmmal, or1g1nal or RJlllellate, whether by v1rtue of an Ord-er in Council ·
r(l.l" not, ·and for the purposes of section nine of that Act the Fed~al Court ~hall,
11s respects appelfatejurisdiction in caoos trie<iby a British Court in a Federat;ed
State, be· deemed· to be.· a-: Court held in. ·a ']3ritish. PossessiQn. or· under. tb;e a:utho-
:r'ity of !!is l\{ajesty; · · ·
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(7)' Nothing in this A91i shall be eons trued asHmiting any right of Hie Mojcsty
' fo ~eterniine by what co,urts British subjects '·am;l 'subjects of foteign
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ppun:tl';iCS
1;hall
be tried in rei;pect of offences c.omm_itted in Indian Sta,{es .. · ·· ·· · · ·.
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""' . . · (8} Nothing in this section: affect~ tlie pro:vi~ionl;I 0£ this Act with teapeei to .
.Berar. . .
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, .. ~5; Prov.isions as to de~th sentenoes .-(11' Where an~ pars.on . 'has. been
,genfle:!lced to dea.th in a Province, the Goverrior·General in his diooretion shall
. •have aU such .powers 0£ suspen~ion, remis.sion or cominutatfon of sentence a~
were veste.d in the Governor-General in Council imme!fiately before the COlll~
mendement of Part .III 'of this Act, but save as afore&l';\id no autherity in India
1
o·utside a Province shall have any. power to suspend, remit or . 6ormn.ute the
13ei;i:te:rwe~of ap.y personconvicted in the Province:, · · · .. · .. · · · . . .
· Ptovided ,that nothing in this sub-section affects any power of any officer' of
Jiis
1Majesty's forces 'to· suspend, remit .or commute a sentence passed by· a
c.ourt martial. .· . . · ·.·. .,, . .. . . . ,.·. .. · ·· ...
. , (2) No.thing fo this Aot sh,all derogate frem the right. of His JY:.ijesty; or of
the Governor-General, if any J>U(lh right is delegated to hirµ by HiS Majesty; te
•grant pardons; reprieves, reapites or remissions pf punishment, • , ; '
. ~95. Cdurfs of Appeai in TMJen:l.le matter11.--(l) No member of the F~der!l.l OI."
a Provincial. Legislature shall be a member of any tiibunal in Bri~ish,. India
;Iiaving jurisdiction fo entertain appeals or revise de~isions. in revenue cases •
. · . (2) If in any Province any such jurisdiction as aforesaid was, immediately
'before the commencement of Part ·nr. of thiS ·Act, vested fo the Local Govern:.
'ment, the. G'overnor s.hall cqnstitute a trib'\lnal, ctmsisting of •such person ot
· r<>rsons as he, exercising ll,is individual judgment, may think fit, ~t9 exercise the
i:;ame jurisdiction .until other prevision in that behalf fa made by Act of the
'.Provincia:r Legislatur,e. · . .· · ·· ·· . ·
.· (3) There . snall be paid to the members of any tribunal. constituted under
-the last· preceding sub-section, ·such salaries .and . allowanp,es ·as the Governor
' ·exercising his individual judgment may determine, and those salaries and 9.llo:w-
an('BS shall be charged on· the ·revenues . of the Province. '
29'1. Prokibition of oertain restriC:!iori,s on internal ·frade."'"'(l) No Provincial.
Legislatur~ oF Govetn1nent shall-, . · . · · · · · . .· ·
. , ·(a) by virtue of the entry in the Pro,.vincial Legislative List relating to trade
·aud comm.erce within the Province, or the entry in that li&t relating tq the pro
' ductiort, supply, and distribut.ior• of c'ommodities, have power 'to pass any law
m take \i:r;:Y executive action prohibiting, or restricting the entry into, or. export
fr9m, the Province of ·goods ·of any •class or description; or · · ,
(b) by virtu'e of anything in this Act have' pow£r tio impo$e auy tax, cess, toll, •
·or due which, as between goods .rnanu£actured or produce~ .in the Province and
similat: goods not so manufactured or p:i;:oduced, disariminates fa_favour of the
former, or which, i1;1 the case of goods manufactur\')d or produced outside .the
Province, discriminates .between goods manufactured or produced in one locality
' .and similar goods manufactured or produced .in another locality,. .
,2) Any law. passed in c'ontraven.tion of this section shall, to the extent of
the contravention, be invalid.. ·
· 298. Persons not to be subjeoted to disability by reasQn of race, religion, ito.
(1) No subject of His Majesty domiciled in India shall" on ground! only o~ religion,
place of birth, descent, colour or any of them be ineligible for office under th~_
Crown in India, or be prohibited on' any such gr<Junds from acquiring, holding
'c;>r disposing of property. or carrying on' any occupation, trade., business or pro-
IE'Ssion in British India. ' ·
(2}Noj;hing in this section shall affect the ·operation of any law which~ ·
l[ (a) prohibits, either absolutely or subject to exceptif.)ns, 'dispositions , of.
agricultural land situate hi any particular area and owned·by a person beloRging
:to some class rec'ognised by the law as being a elass of persons erigage,{l in or
connected with agricultlJre in. tha~ area or as being an aboriginal tribe, in favour
or for the benefit of any person not belonging to that class,]
· 1 Subst. e. 4, t110 India and Burma (Tomporary and Mi11cell&neotJ.B :i?rovisiorui) Aet, 1942
, (ll and 6 Geo. 6, eh. 39) (retrospectively): ·
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';.f0a, 2.J . ffcniernmimt of Indiq Act,. Ul3(). [26 (};iso. ·5. & l En.w; 8.]
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1 (:b~ re~nises tb,e :e~istenc~
.of so~e right, privHege or disa}.)ility attac~ing to' ,, .
. memberi of ~ comlllumt.Y by virtue of some personal law or custom. havmg the
fQrce of law. · " · · · ' ;
-· (3) ~?t,hing in this section shall 'be· construed as 'derogating from .the ~weciaL
· rcispons1b1hty of. the Governor-Gf)neral or of a Governor for ,the safeguarding of
the legitimate interests of minoritiee. · · . · ' · , · · ·
.
i[(4)
In paragraph.' (a) of subsection :~) of this section, 'agricultural land',
jr,i relation to. any area where there i.s ·in force immediately before the coin:rnence-.
ment of Part III of this Act any law the operation of which ,fs to any e~tent ~;aved.
by the said paragraph (a), inclu.des all . such property and rights in or over·
property e.s are included; 'in the e:xpreBSion 'land' as defined· for the purposes of
that law s.s then in force.]
. 299. Ooriip1.tl8i>ry acquisition of land,· &c • .:......(l) No persqn shall. be deprived
of }:)is property in l3ritish'India save by authority of law. ·. · ·. . ..
(2) Neither the Federal nor a Provincial Legislature shall have power 1t1>
make ii.ny law authorising the compulsory acquisition fQr public purpose& of any
land, or· any commercial or industrial lmdertakiµg, or any interest.in, or in any
oompany owning, any commercial or industrial undertaking, unless the law
provides for the pay-ment .of compensation ror th.e pr0per.ty acquired . i:md.
either flies the amount of the compensation, or specifi.es the princiP.les on which,
and the manner in which, it is .to be determined. ' /
(8) ·No Bill or amendment maki~1g provisibn for the,. transference to public
-ownership of a'ny land or for the extinguishment or modification of rights therein,
.·.including rights or privileges in respect of land ·revenue, shall be introduced or,
moved. in either Chamber of the Federal Legislature without the previous sane-·
· tion.
of
th.e 'Governor~General in his discretion, or in a Ch~mber of. a Provincial .
Legislatu:ve
withqut
the J!lrevious~sanction of the Governor in his discretion.
{4) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisi.ons of any law in force at
· the ·date of the passing of this Act. · .
'(5) In this section "land" includes immovable property of. every kind and·
any righ~ i1f. or over such property, and "u:t?-dertaking" includes part of an'.;.
undertaking. . . . · , . . . - ·
300. PtulevtiGn for o<Jrta.in right8; privileges,· and pensions . .,..-(1) The exeoo-·
tive autliority of the Federation or of a l)rovince shall not -lm qxerdsed. sav.e'
on i>n ·order of the .Governor-.General or Governor, as the ·case may be,. in, th
exercif)e of his individual judgment, so as to derogate from any grant or ,con
firmatio:n of title of Ql' to land, or of or to any right or privilege .in respect of lan
or .land revenue, being a ·grant or confirmation made before-.the first day .
;January,
<:me
thousand eigl;it hundred and seventy, or made. on >or after tha
·date for services rendered. i
(2) .No pension gran,ted or customarily payable before the comn1encemen
of
Part III of this Act by the
Gqveri1or·General i!). Council or 'any Local Gov
.ernment on µoliticnl consideratipns or compassionate' grounds sha'l be discontii
Illit>d or reduced, otherwise than in accordance with any grant or order regul
.ing the payment thereof, save on an order of the G()vernor-General in
exercise of his individual judgment or, as the case may be, of thy Governor
tJ::e. exercise of hi~ iild\vidual judgment, 11.ml any sum req11ired for the. payme
of any such pension shall be charged on the revenues of the ]'ederation or,
the c.ase may be, the. Province. .
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(3) Nothing in this section affects any remedy for a breach of any conditi
on which a grant was made. · . . ·
·. 3\Jl. Repeal of s. 18 of 21.<J.eo. 8. c. '"IO, and s. 12 of 87 Geo-. .8. c. 142:
Bootion eighteen ·of the East India Company l\.ct, 1780, and section twelve
the East India Act. 1797 (beinf! obsolet.P-enactn:ients ·containing, savings·
nati~a law and cus:t.Om) are hereby repe1:1l~d. 1 •
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l Ins. s. '· the India and Bunna (Temporary e.nd·J'yffsocellaneo11s Prnvisionsl
cmd 6 Oeo •. 6, ch. 39) (retrospeotively). , · .
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. I . • ·,. ·,FI' t:'o ,. "' ·• · . . . • ..
. . .. , .. · .... · . . . . .· .. higr~ pm1nt~s.ioner. ·.. .. . . . . ·. .. 1 .• .•. . . • • / . . . •
. , ~. 302. · High·· G
1ofo1ni8Bion.1fr jor 1 ndia'.~@}'There shalt be. ·iii High '.CQmmissione'r ·
iGr India in ~h~ United Ki.'!lgdof: who shail be a.pp9inted, a.nd whose sa~ary and'
sCondition.s ·.Of i:;ervice shaU be prescribed, by' the Governor~Geiieral, exe.rcising
his individual judgment.· · · · · · ·
(;6) <l'He High Commissioi:ier shall perform on bepalf of the Federation such
. functioµs· in connect.ion with the business of the Federation, and, :in particular~,.·
in i·ela.tion to the making of' contracts as' t}j.e Governqr-.Geileral may from time
to time direct. · '' · ; . ·. . . .
· (!,{} 'rlie , High ;Coihmissioner · tn~, with the approV:~l o't .. the cfove~~r-
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. 'General apd on such terms as may be agreed,. undertake to. perform on beljilf
·-0£ a· Province or :Fede.rated State, .or on behalf of ]~urJJ1a, functions sit:Wla;1:"
.fo th9sa which he performs ·on behalf of the 1!1t~deration. · ·
. . . Gen·eral Provisions. .
'308~ .Pro1Jisfons a.s to Sheriff oj. Calcutta..-:-(1) Th~ ·Sheriff of 0-:..lcµ~ta shall·
· · 'be appomted annu~lly by the Governor of Bengal from a patiel,of three per&ons
ta be nominated. on the occasion of each ' vacancy ' by the High, Court in'
cOalcutta. . , .
· .{2) The. Sheriff shall hold office during the pleasure of the Gov:en;tdr and
·shall .be entitled t-0 such remuneratfon as the Governor. may dete:rinine and no ,
.·other r'emuneration. · · · .. . . · · . '
· . (3) fo, exercising his powers with respect to the .. appointment and dismissal ·
·.-0£ ·the Sheriff, ·and with respect to the determination of his rem\meration, ·. tlie ·
·Bovernor &hall exercise his individual judgment .. ' · .
' . 304. Persons acting as 'Govern.or-General or G,overnori-Any person appo~~' '·.
'by
His Maj~ty t-0 act. as
Governor-General or as the Qovernor of a Province .
·<luring :!;,he absence of the Governor-General or the Governor :from India., oi:
.;,during ahy period during which the Gove.mor.General or the Gov,ernor ia for.any
reason unable t;o perform the. duties of his office, shall during( and .in respecii
.of, the pel'iod while he is so acting have all the powers and il'J.Ulu11.it.ies, and be .
subject .to all the duties of, the Governor-General or Governat, as the case may
be, and, if he holds any other office, s~all riot act therein or be entitled t-0 tbs ~
,sal~ty' and allowances apper.taining thereto while he is acting as Governor-
. ·General or Governor., · · . . . , . . .
305. Secretm·ial staff of Governor-General and Governor.-(1) The Governor·
G~neral and every Goveri10r. shall have his own secretarial staff; to be appointed
·. by him in his discretion. . . · . · · · .
(2) 'l'he salaries and allowance? of· persons so appointed and the ~ffice acc9m~ ·
xnodation
and ·othet• facilities.
to . he provided for them shall be. such as the
Governor-General or, as the 'case mtiy be the Governor may in his· discretion
·
.det-~rmine,
and the. said salaries and ·allowance!!. antl the expenses· incu~ed in
providing the said accommodation and facilities shall. be charged o'n the revenues
of
th~
Federation or, as .the case rq.ay be, the Province. . . ..
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[305A. ProvfaicnM ·aB to p1m8ions of home civil servants appointed to .offices
in lndia.-(1) Where a· civil servant, as defined by section twelve of th~
'i:Snp!;lranpuation Act, 1887 (50 &51 Viet. c, 67), is appointed by·Hia Majesty or.
'·'t>Y the. Governor~Oeneral in his discretion to any office under the Qro~.n. in
India, the Secretary Of S.tate may di,rect that his service in that offiee aliall
qualify for: the grant o~ a pension or gratuity as if it were service rendered in
the office held b;y him at;; a civil· servant immediately before his appointment to
seryice in India., rmd there shall be paid to, or in respect of, him 01,1t' of the
revenu\?s of'the Fed~ration, and .shall be charged on those rev.enues, in iespee~
,,Qf hi.~ serv:ice in that office in India a pension or gratuity calculated in accordance
· with the Superannuation Acts, 1834 t.o 1935, a:nd the orders, rules and regula.~
tions made thereunder; but on the basis of the salary of the office fast held
'l:/y him a8 a civilcservant before his appointment to se,rvice in India: · .
•.. . 1Ins .• s. 12, tho India and Burma (l\s:iscallaneou~ Am3ndments) Act, 1940 (3 and 4 Geo.
·oh. i.) . . . . ·
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· ~[OJI; 2~) · . . Go'veTtr,men:t_ of India Aot, ··1.~q5 .. ·. [2tJ ,GEO~ Q & PE:in•i:,, 8. l
.. Pr~vid~d th~t ~otf>ink in the s~i.d' ·A'Cts,. otdi:ms, rules oi: regul~tions shall·
'opei{ate
tQ prevent t~e:~iJ:of· a pension to him with effect :ftoU,i;:tlie 'da']e: on;.:
which he may reli11qµi11h , office in
India, notwii:J;standing tha.t at that da;~ "het
. may.11Qt.have attail;'led t~e'age of snty.. ··. . . . ,' . . ..
. (2) l'fo such dir.ection as -aforesaid a)lall be given bi relation to service in any
office if "'the servict,i Qf ,·the person in. question ii;t that office would qualify 'for -th&·
grant of a pensioi;i. without lWY such direction. . .·· ' ·
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, ' this Act as well as tp appointments made thereafter; and in relation to appoint
·" me:o.ts nfade before the commencement or Part III of this . Act, the reference to
~:Secre~ary of State shall be: construed as a referen~e-to·the 'Becretary of State
in· Council.] . . . . .· . .·
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.. 306. Proteot.ion of GovM·nor-General, Governor or· Secretary of Btate.-(1~·
·'No ·proce6hings whatsoever s}lall lie in, and no process whatsoever shall issue
-:from, any C\:'nrt in India against the Goverilor-Gener.al, ~ga,inst: the Governor, of
a.J?rovince, or-against the Secri;itary of :state, vv-_hether in a personal capacity· or:
otherwise, and, except with the sancti(m. of :E(is. Majesty in Council, np ,proceed+
i:rigs whatsoever shall lie: in any court inindi~ again&t any person who has be.en:
tl:le Governor-'G'eneral, . the . Governqr. qf. a, Province, or the Secrt>tary .of· State ·
· in rei;ipect of anythin,,g-d<;me or omitted to be dori-e by any of th:em during'his tei:ID•
of office in perfoj:inance or purported performance of the duties thereof: .
Pro:vided. that nothing in' this section_ shall be construed as restricting· the
. right of any· person to bring against the Federation, a Province, 0~ the Secretaty
of' State such proceedings as are mentioned in chapter III of .Part
1 VII of this"
Act .. , . . .· · · ...
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·· · (2) TM provlsibns · of the preceding subse.ction~· shall apply in reJation to His:,
Majesty~s Representative for the exercise of the functions of the Cro)).in in its .
. relations with Indian States as they apply ·in~relation to the Governor"General. ·
. " 307. Removal of oe1·tain disqualifications' 01i the occa8ion of t1ie fir~.t. etections:; ·.·
;to L-egislatu1·e.-:-Fo.r:the ,purposes of the firat elections .of. persons to serve as·.
mempers of the Federal :(;egislatul'e an(j 0£ Provincial Legislatures, no person'
~ shall be supject to any disqualific.atioD, by reason only of the fact that he hol~
(a.} an ·office of profit. as a non-official .member of the Executive. Council of'·'
the Governor-General 01; a Governor, or as ,a minister in a Province;
(b) an office which i~ not; a whole time. office rfi~unernted either by ·at.lary
pr by fe;es. . · · ,
308. Procedure a~ ·re8pecfa .p-rOposals for amendment of certain provisions'
of. Act a.nd OrcJ,ers in OounoiL.~(1) Subjeo.t to the provisions of this section;
if 'the Federal, Legislature or any Provincial. I .. egislature, .011 motions.· proposecJ:•
. in each Chamber by a minister on b1.ilrnlf ot the council of ministers;. pass .a.
resolution recommend~rig ; any sunh amendment of this Act Or' of an Order in
Council made thereunder as is hereinafte;r mentioned, and on motions, prQposed
ih lilfo ma,nner, pres~nt to the Governor-General or, as the. ease may be, to the·
Governor an . address for submission to His .Majesty praying . that His Majesty ·
. may be pleased to communicate the resolution to Parliament, th~ Secreli'iiiy ·of"
State shall, within six months' after the re·solution is so eonimi:lnicated; cause·
to be la.ta before both Houses or· Parliament· a statement of any ac.tion which
it may ·be pfoposed to fake thereon. · . ·
. The Goverh<{r-General or the Governor, as the ease: may be, when :forward~ .
ing any suoh resolution and address to the Secretary of State !!hall transmit·.·
therewith a ·statement of his opinion as to the proposed amendment and, in·
particular,' as to the, effecfwhfohit would have on the. interests or any minority;
together with a report as to. 'the ·views of any minorifiy likely to be affected by
the prop~~ amendni~nt and, as to whether a majority of the representatives·
of tl:rnt minority in th~,. Federal, or, al'! the. case may be, the. Provincfal ~·egisla-:
ture support the proposal, rmd the Secretary of· State shi:i.11 cause such statement";
and report to he laid before Parliament. ·
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[26G:&~~,&-1 E~'\\I'~ I?,] Gov1J'rftmertt,.of I;~dii:Aot;, 193~." . . . ~ [qfi. ·g·t
· Jn,performiug his duti~s und(tr. this1 subsectiol1.cthe Gt;vl;lrµor•(Je:ileral'or, tJ1~, '
Governor,. as the. case Il).a.y.ho, shall fl.c~ in'his'd1Scret1on: ' •· ·. · .··· .... •· ·
(2) The. afnendrnents:i:eferred ,to in tb'e pre"ceding sub.section a:rE;-· . · .. · ..
(a) any amendment of. the provisfons relq,tillg to the s1ze or composition ot
·the .Qhatubers of the Federal Legislatwe, or to the. method of choosi:n:g1 or-: the
: qualifications Of members of that ·L~gislature, not being an amendment wblch
would vary the proportion between the number of seats in the .Council of .Sta.te
aml the number of seats in the :Eled:eral Assembly, 9r would v·a:ry; ·either ·ai;
·regards the Council of State or the Federal Assembly, the proportion between
'the rp:irnber of seats allotted. to British India and the number of seat.a allotted.
to Indian States; . · · · · · ' . · ' ' . ..
(b) any 0,mendment ,of the J>rOVisions' relating to the number of Chambers in .
a Provincial Legislature or. the sj.ze .or composition of the Chamber, or of either
Chamber, ota Provincial Legislatur~, or:to the method of 'choosing· or the quali-·
· fications.
of mEimbers
of a Provincial Legisla;ture;
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• (o! any .ameu~me~ providing· ~hat, in tne··case .of ~omen, 1ij;ef'cy s~a11 be
· subst~tuted for any higher educational standard for the time beu:ijg reqmred as
a qualification for the franchise, or J>roviding·. that women; if duly qualified,
shall be entered: on electoral' rolls without "any application being ma4e' for. the
purpose by them or on their behalf; and · .· · . . .
. ( d) any other aniendment · of the .provision's relating tQ the. qu,alifications'
entitling peri!lons to be registered ,as voters for the purposes of eleotions.
. (3) So far as regards any such ~mendment as is mentiorted in paragraph· ( c)
.· of tihe la.st preceding sub-section, the provisions of subsecti<?ri. (1). 9f this '
section shall. apply. to a resolution of a Provincial Legislature whl}never passtid,
but; save i:i.s aforesA:iiJ" t.hose provisfons shall n:ot apply to any resolution passed:
before the expiration of ten 'years, ill the cas.e of a resolution of the Federal
Legisl1;tture, from the establishment of the Federation, i;ind in the case of a .
resolution of a P:r:dvincial ·Legislature, from the commencement o~ Part III of
this Act .. · · ·
(4) His. Majesty in Council may at any time l;iefore or-after the commence~
ment of Part III of tllis Act, whether· the ten years referred. tG· in the las~
preceding 'subse9ti01i have elapsed, or not, and whether any .such !iddress ;i)-S j,s
meritioned·in·this section has been submitted to His M!l,jesty or not, ma}rn in
the provisions .of this Act any such amendrpent as. is refened to ill 'subsection·
· (2) of this section: · ·
. Provided
thak
(i) if
no such ~ddress has been submitted to His Majesty, then, before th.e
draft of 1/-ny Order which it is'proposed to submit to His Majesty is laid ·before
Parliament, the Secretary of State sh9.ll, unleRs it, ~ppeal's to' him that the ,
prop0se.d amendment is of a miner or drafting nature, take, such steps as His
M ajei>ty may ,dir~ct for ascertaining the views of th9 Govern.me:µts. a11d Legisl~
tures in India who would be affected by t:µe proposed amendment and the vieWI
of any minority likely to be so affected, . and whether a majority of the repre·
sentatives of that minority in the Federai or, as the case may be; the Provin):lial
Legislat~re support tbe propmml; · · ·
(ii) the provisions of Part II of the Fir8t Sehedule , to this A"ct f!hall not
be amended. without tho consent of the Euler of any State wliich Will be
•w~~~~~- .
· 309. Order11 in rJ<m.noil..-(1) Any pow(F
1 conferred by this Act on .lfis
M~jesty in Council shall be exercisable ·ortly by Order in pouncil, and subjee
as hereinafter p:r.ovided, the Secretary of State·· shall lay before Parliament the
·draft of any Order whi~h it is p,roposed tp recommend His Majesty to m,ake in
· Cou.ncil under any provision of this Act, and no further proceedings shall be
ln:!.1cn iu rel».1,ion • thf.mt.o ~.:xc~pt in p11rsmfmr.fl . of an Gdr.lr~flg prosont0d to . Bi•
Majesty by both Houses of Parliament, prayi~g that the· Order may be m~e
--~F~r similar power conferred on Governor·General, ·st;;e th~ Inhia and Burma (Emer~enoy;
l'roviaionl>) A<:>t, 1940 (3 &. 4 Geo. 6, ch. 3,3J• · · w ·
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1
Avt,' i93B. , [26 GEo . .5 & 1 EriWc. S.]
· ei M~er hi the form q:(t~e dr;ft,
1or wijh such 'amendme~ts' ~s ', 1nay pa:ve been .
1:1greed to by resolutibns 0tboth ·Houses: . . . ·, · ,. · ' ·., · . ·· . ·. ·. ·.
· · Prov~ded tl,lat, if at any ti~1e '\vheu, Parliament is .dissolved ot pr<>r<>gp.¥•
or '.vhen both Houses of Parliament are adjourned for mare th~n fou,rteen .da.ys,,
the Secretary of i;;tate . is of opinion that on account of 11,1.rgen'.Oj" ~· Order ill
.Council should he made under this Act forthwith, it shall not be, necess~ry
for a dratt of the, .Order to be laid. before Parliament, but the Order' shall cease
to ha:ve effect at. the expiration, of twenty-eight days from· the date· on which
the Commop.s. House first sits after the making of .the Order unless within j;hat
period resoli'itions approving the making· of the Order are. passed by b9th Hov~es
of Parliament.. . ,. . . · · · .
(2) Subject to any express provision •of this Ae;t, His·. Majesty in Cot!nml
may by a subsequent Order, made in accor.dance with .the provisions of the .
. ' preceding i!'J.bsection, . revoke . or vary any' 0l'der previously made by' him' in
Council under this Ac't. . · . . . . . · . · · .
.. . ('3),Notli,it:'p i~ t!ll~ section ll-PPlies to .any ?rder .of ~,is ~ajesty in Counci.l
· made m connect101) with any app.eal. to His MaJesty m Courwil, or to fl,lly. Ordef · ·
of His Majesty· ill Com~cil sanctioniP.g the ta~ing . of proceedings'. ag~inst ·a
person wh~ has been the Governor~General, His. Majesty's Representatrve for, the
exercise of the functions of ·the C:rown: in its relations· \vith Indian States, ,the
Go:vernor of a .Province pr the' S~cretary of State. ' .· .. , . . ·
810. Pow6r of His Mafesty. i1~' Cou?icii to remove diffioul#es.---€1) Whereas
difficulties m,ay arise in relation. t6 the: transition. from . the ·provisions · of the
Government of India Act to the pro:visions of this Act, and fr( relation to the
transition from the provisiOnt:l of Part XIlI ofi this Act to the provi11i01;1s of
•
1 Part II ot this Aot: · · · , . ·. · .
Ana whereas the nature of' those diffictilties, and· of tlie. prov~sion which, . ·
&hould
he
made for meeting them,, cannot at the date of the passing .of this ·
Act be fully .foreseeri : . / · '
Now therefore, ~o.r the purpose of facilitating each of the said transitions His ,
Majesty may by Order in Council- . . · .··
(a) difoct that this Act ~d any provisions of the Government of IndiaAct'
still in force shall; during such limited period as may be speoiP,ed in the Order,
' have''effect ,subject to such adaptations and modifications as ma:i be so specified;.
(b)'make; with respect to a limited period so specified su9h temporary pro~ ·
vision as he thinks fit for ensuring that, while the transition is being effected
and during the period imm~diat~ly following it, there are available to all govern
ntents in India and •·Burma s:u:fficient revenues. to enable the· business of th°"e
~ve:rnments to be carried on; \llld ' • ' '
(b) make such other temporary provisions for the purpose of ,remov'ing .any · .
~uch difficulties as a.foresaid as may be specified in the Order. . . ·.
(2) No Ordel' in Council in relation, to the ,transition from· the' prQ,visions Of
l)art XIII oi this Act to rithe provisions of Part II of this Act shalr be made
under this section after the expiration of six months from the estabUshtnent <:>f
the Federatjon, and no other Order in Council shall be made under thjs section
a.'fter the expiration O:f six months from the commencement of Pa.rt III" of. this
Act.
. Jnterpreta#<>n ..
• 311. Interpretation, etc.-(1} In this Act and, unless the context otherwise
requires, in any other Act the following expressio11s have the meanings hereby
respectively assign:ed to them., that is'&lto say: -
"British Iµdia" means all. territories for. the ti111e being comprised within
the Governors' Provinces ahd the Chief Commissionei·s' Provinces;
"India" means· British India together with all territories of any Indian
Ruler under the suzeraintyof His Majesty, all territories under the suzerainty
· of such an. Indian Ruler,· the tribal areas, and any other te¢tories ·which His·
Majesty in Council may, from time to time, after ascertaining the views of . the
Ji'eder.al Government and the Federal Legislature, declare to be part .of India; ·
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·' ·!'RurR'la" includ,£~f(' {~ubj~ct to the e:icercise by :His·M~ji?st;i q~ ,:l:ny po"'.e??·
Yested in him with respect tc> the alterati()n of the b<; . .m~i'!iiaJ;hereQf) aU tem
tories "'.'hich; were immediately. bef9re the· cmnmencement <)~/Part III of t~
Act eomprised in' India, being territories lying to the east qf ;l?engal, the State
of Manipur, Assam, 'and any tribal areas c..;nhected ·with ~ssam; .
"British Burma" means so much of Burma~ belongs ¢0 His Majesty;
''.Tribal areas" means the areas a,long . the . frontiers of India or iri
. Baluchlstan which are not part ()£ British Ii;idia or of Butma or of any Indirut
Sta.te or of· any for~ign State; · · ·
. ~["Indja>n ·State'' me.ans any
11 tei;:ritory, iiot being · part of British India,
which His Miijef:lty recognises a.s, being such a State, whether-described as a
State, &n Estate, a Jagir or otherwise;] .
"J;tuler" in relation to a State means the Prince, Chief, Qr other person
recog~ise4' by 'His Majesty as th~ Ruler of the ,State. · . .
(2) In ~his Act, unless the context .otherwise requires, the following expres
. "sio1~~ ha~e th~ m~anings, hereby resp?ctively ~ssi~ed to· them
1
thal..' is. to say:-
agricultural 1ncome ' means agncultural .mcome as defined, for the purposes .
of the en~ctments relating to Indian income-tax; .· I ' ..
. '"borrow" ii10ludes the raising of money by the,grant of annuities ans! "loon"
shaR be construed accordingly;' · .
"chief justice" includes in relation t6 a High Court a chief judge or judicial
commissioner, and "jlldge" includes an additional judicial commissioner; ..
·
2["corporation tax" meaiii> any'tax
on.income, so far as that ta;X is payable
by eompanies and. is a tax in the. case Of'which the followirtg conditions ate
fulfilled::-· ,, ' . , . '
. (a) th~t it is not chargeable inresp'?et of agricultwai income;
(b) that no deduction· in respect of the tax paiP, by companies is, by ~ny '
enactments which may apply to the tax; authorised to be made from dividends
payaBle 'by the companies to h1dividuals ; · ·
~a) that no provision exists ~or t?king the tatt so paid ,into accoui;it ~n. co'm
pu~mg -~or the pmpo-ses of Iµdian mcofl1e-tax t.he total income of· mdiv1duals
receiving such dividends, or in oomputing the Indian income·tax payable by,
or refundable to, suchindividuals.] · . · . ·
· "corresponding Province'"
means
in case of: doubt such Province as may be
determined by His Maje8ty in Council .to be llh}:l corresponding Province for· the
particular purpose in question; . ·, " , ·
' ''debt" includes aJ?.y liability in respect of any obligation to repa.y capi~al ff
sunis by wa.y of annuitie'B and any liability under any guarantee, and "deb
cha~Pes,'' . shall b.e i.onst;ued accordingly; . . ' · . ·· .. .
-.,,,,f"" ' existing Indian iaw ' means an;r, law, ordma,nce,, Ol'der, bye-law, rule or
.~.·: ....•... •i'. .. ( regulation. passed' or made before the comrneNcell!-ent of Pa:i;t III of tyis Act: .
.. . ,, by any legislature, authority or person in any territories fot. the time being com·
;'.J prised in British India,: ·being a· legislature, authority··or person having pow~r
:.~'~ to make such a law, ottliriance, order, bye-law, rule or regulation: · ' ·
t~X:;,i~ ·'goods" in.eludes an mliteria1s, commodities, and 1artiele1t:
. ~;: ''::...·;,~. "guarantee" includes ariy obiigation undertaken befor.e th~ commencement
. of Part III of this Act to mak13 payments in the event of the profits of an
undertaking.falling: short of a specified amotfnt; ' '
"High Court" does not, except where iti is expressly so provided, include a
·High Court in a Federated State; . · · · ·
. "to?a~ Govern~ent '.' means arty su~h Governor in 'Council, ,Governor acting
with m1msters, L1eutenant-Goven10r · iri Council, Lieutenant-Governor or Chief
Commissioner. as was .at the relevant time a 'lioc~l Gove~ment for' the pur~'.
poses of the Gov:etnrnent of India Act or any Act repealed by that Aet, buti doe$
~ot, save where the context otherw~se reqQires, include any Local .Governmen
lil Burma or Aden;
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1Subst. ~. 8 the India. and Burma (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo :6.
eh. 5). , · · ' • •
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[Dr. 2, J. , . . .· .· . 'Goveiiinnmt df.~}idia .Aot,· ~fJ3lk [~6 ·@E.o.-· 5 & 1E;°W·.8']; ..
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'pe~~~ori" ii ,rel~tio'l t(; peJisok in 'or forme;Iy?ljn ~e ~J$ui~e '€>f t~ pr~ t ..
ill ;fodiJ.i:,. B\Jrnia. or'"~l\:den; · means ri. pension, 'Whetlret• con:tltibuto:ry or ··.1JOt, of·./· ·
a.riy kind whatsoe~er payable ·t<;>·9r fa respect of<apy f:l:\J.Cft·person, and·i:qcll)d~~ .
r~tired. .Pay so payablx, .a gratuity so'payable a:nd .any 'smI;t,or .. sums so paY;aple
,by way• of the return, with' 9r withvut irite:rest '.thereon o:i;·any .other .. addit1on
,, thel~eto,.of subscriptions tO.a provident fund; · ;
"pleader" includes advocate; · , ...
','Provincial Act" a'!i.d "Provinc¥al law" mea.n,. subject to the prov1s1ons of
t)lis
1 section; an Act passed or law made hy. a Provincial Legislature· esli&b-
. lished· unde.r' this Act; · · . · . . ., . : . . . . · . . ·• ..
. .':public notifica.tion" means a notification in the Gazetle of Indi'a or~ as..:. the
I case may ne, the o:ffiCial Gazette o:f a Province.;
· "securities" includes stock; .· · · · · . . , ...
"ta,Xa.tion''. i:iicludes .the imposition of 4ny tax or impo$t whether general
or locaJ or special, and "tax'' shall be constru~d accordingly:_; .. ·. -.. . . ,
1 [ "tS::ir; on rncome" includes· a ta:ir: in the nature oJ? an: exc:ess prpfits Ja:( ;J .
, ':'railway'' inclµdes a t:i;amway J;tot wholly within a .nuwicipal area; .. .. .. . .
''federal railway;' does i):ot include an +ndian ·State' railway ·but, save ·a&-·
afoi;.esaid, includes any railWl:J.Y'• nqt bt}ing a mi:nor~:railway: . · ·. . •• •. '
"Indian ·state railway" .means a« r~ilwa:y. owI.led by a Stat.e .. and either
operated by. the State, or operated on
1
behalf of the State othei;wise than· in·
accordance "with a contract made with the S~ate by or on behalf o:f the 'secre~
tary of State in C<;m:1.1cil, the · Federal_ Gover~ment, the ;Federal Railway .·
·Authority; ·or any company operating a federal railway; .... ·. . · - .. . .··
· "roinorrailway~' means a railway which is wholly situa:f;e in one unit and does.
not form: a continuous line ;Of conupunication with a. federal railway, whether
or· the sam~ gauge. dr not; and." . ' ' . . .·' . . . ..
"unit" means a Govern<fr's Province, a Chief Commissioner'Eil Province or a
Federa:'ted
State. .· · ·. '
. . . ' · · . · .·. ·. · ... ,, . ·
(3) No.Indian State shall, for the purpose .ofany reference in this Act to
Federated States, be. deemed to have become a Federated State until the
.. establ~shment of the Federation. -. ··. . . . . . . -. . . .. '
(4} Iu paragraph (3) of section eighteen of the Interpretation Act, 1889
' (52. & 58 vict. c. 83) (which paragraph ~defines t:he expr~sion "colony''.) for. tlia
word§ "exclu!,'!ive of the British Islands and .of British India"· there shall. be
. substituted the \vord.s '£exclusive of the British Islands and of British India and
. sw of J3ritish B.urma". · .. · . , .. ·.. . . . . . ' · ... · . , , . , _ · :
. · . (5) Any. Act of Parliament containing r,eferences to India. or. any part ·~hereo\,
. to ·countries other than or situate outside lndia or other than or situate outside
Btjtish lndia, to His Majesty's dominions, to a British posses·sion, to the Seer(\)~~
;tary of State Council, to the . Governor-Genei-al hi Council, to a Govern<,>r .iii
· CouuciL6r to Legislatures, courts, or authorities· in, or to matters relating""to
the govei'.llment or, adr.qinistration of; India or British India shall have effect
subje~t to such adaptations and m9difications as. His. lV[ajesty in Council m.ay
direct; .being adaptation,s and mod,ifications ·which. appear to His Majesty in
.Council. to be necessary or e:xpedie;nt in conseqJJence of the provisions of thit:1
Act or the Govemm4nt of Burma Act, 1935. .
. ' Any power of any legislatu~e under .this Act to repea;l or .amend any>Act1
aµapted or modified by an Order in: Council under 'thi.s substation shall E}Xtend
i;o the repeal or amendment of that Order, and any reference in this Act to an
Act of Parliament shall be construed as incluqjng a reference to any such Ord'er.
'(6) Arty reference in _this Act to Fedti!ral Aets or laws or Proviricia;I Acts or
· 1aws, or to Acts or. laws of the Federal or a Provincial Legislature, shall be
·c.onstri:ied as mcludir;tg a Tef13rence to an . ordina1we .made 'by th'e.·Governor
Genera.I or .a Governor-General's Act or, as the case may bE'\, :t.o an ordinance
made· by a Governor or a Governor's Act. , · . . · . ,
(7) ·References ~n this Act to thetaking of an 9ath in¢lude references to the
making of an·affirmation. ·
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' ' [ ~6 GEO. 5' &' l E~'.\V. 'a,J ,' ao.~t;.~ment of lndia: ·11.~iii ,l!~3~;: ' [CR; $iJ '
·· ·. · .!;,?~RT~. :&tiJ:i.~TRANSlTIO~?AL :PnOVlSI'ON,ii!. . • ' . . . , :
3li. Op~ration~!Jf ''Ji'fi1•(':N!t]i._:.The provisions of .j;hl~''i"att Of':tiliis .l\.c,t slliill
apply with i-espect td'th,e:period tilapsing .between the i:iommeltcenie:µt of :Part III
of this Act ,and. the ~'Stl\bfishmen,j; of the .Federation. ·
. 313. Executive· ~ve~nment.-(l) Subject to the prov1s1ons of this AC't for:
the time being in force;: sµ.ch <:<xecuti-y~ authority as is he:reinafter· mentioned.
shall be exerci9ed on ~;Peh{l.lf .of· His Majesty by the G.<?vernor-G~µ:erl:}l in Council, 1
~ither directly or· through officers, subordinate .to him, but nothing in ~his see~ion.
shall prevent the Irfdian LegiSlature from conferrillg f11~ebions l!lpon subordl.:n,ate
a.uthorities,, or bi:i de.e.~.e\). .to traru;fer to th.e G.ovepior"(leneral iIJ: Oouµc)l any:·
funclion9 con£erfed by any, existing Indfan law on any (l{jUit, judge pr office:!:.,.
or on .any local OJ,' oth~r ·authority.· .·· " · ·, , . . , · ·
.
(2) Subject to
the provisions of this Aet for the time being' in force,, the said
executive '.authority. extends-. ' '' .· ' '• ' ' .'·' . '
. (a)
to
the matteni with 'respect to which ,the Irid.ia:tt Legisfa+.Ure lias under>·
the said proyisfons, power to make laWs; ' ' '' .
, fb) to the raising, in British Iadia on behalf of His Majesty of naval .. military
or air force;;, ahq to the gover,rp1nce or, His Majesty's forces borne bri the Indian•
establishment; · · , . · · . ·
. (c) to
the exercise of such rights, authority and 'jurisdiction as, are 'exercisable,
by His Majesty by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance or otherwise in .and in ~lation1 ·
to the tribal areas : ' .
Provided
thi;>~
(i) the said authorlty does not, s,ave as expref?sly. provided i.n the ,:provisions
of this Act for the time being . in force,, extend in· any, Province to. matters wi~h:
l'fiSpect to which the P:fovincial ;Legislature has power to' ni,ake'' law.s; ' ' ' '
(ii) the said. auiliority does not· extend to the enlistment .or enrolment in
any force raised 'in British India o:f any pers.Qn unless he is either,. a, subject ot
Hi's Majesty, . or. a· natfve of Jnq,ia or of territories adjacent thereto, and
. (iii) cotntnissions · ~n, any such forces shall be granted by His :M;ajesty, r,;ave .
in so far as he may be pleased to delegate th:;i.t power by' virtue of the provisions:
of Part I of this Act or otherwise. · . .
(3) . References in the provisions of .this Act for the time being ·hl .force. to the·
Governor-General ·and
the
Federal Government shall, except as, respects matters
with respect to whi,C~ ~'the Governor-General iS required by the said provisions·
to a-0t ·in his. discretion; be construed a!;) references .. to the Governor~General · in ..
Council, and any reference,. to the Federation, except where . the refere~ce is.
to the establishment of the Federation, shl),11 be cori.s~rued as a: referenee t<>·
British India, ·the Governor-General in. Council, or the Governor-aeneral, as the·
circu1;tistances
and the'.'
context may require: · ·· ,· ·
Provided
tha~ · · ·
(a)
any rererenc,e to the reveliu!"s of the Federation shall be cpnst:rued as a,
reference
to
the re:Vmiues ·of the Governor-General in Coun'Cil; _ , -·
(b) thu r~venues of the Governor-General in Couiicil shall, subfecf to the
.provisions of chapter I. of Part v;n· of this Act with respect. to· the ·assignment
of the whole or. part of"the net prooeeds of certain taxes arf'd .duties' to Pro"'Vinces-·
and te the provisions of this Act with respect t-0 tile Federal Railway Authority
(so far' as any such provisions are for the time being 1n forc_e),. include. an·
re:v.enues ar-td public moneys raised or received either by the Governor-General
in Council
or. by the
· Go'\;errior-General ; . . · . · .
(c)
the
expenses 9£ the Uovernor..Geueral in dischargiµg his functions as
respects ma.tters with_ respect to which· he is requ~ed by the provisfons of' this
Act fo:r the time being in. force to act in .his . discretion shall be defrayed out -
of the revenues of the Governor-General iri'Council. · • . 1
(4) Any r~q'uirementin this Act .that th~ Goverrior-General. shall .exercise hi6'
individual judgment with respect to any mii,tter shallmot eo~e into force until'
force on th,e 1st April,
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.. ,[C11~ 2iJ . . · ·Government of India Aot, l93iL [26 GEo .. o .&· 1 E~w. $. j
·,the establisltme~t .•tit::: thf : Pederatfon, but, •. ntti,vi~hsttuidihg .. that Part.
· II >of this' Aot. has fa:i{ come inti;> operatioi1l
1 the fqll6:Wfog' provisions of this Act,
. 1t}:ra,t is tQ say.,.,-. . · .. ·· · . . · , . i .· . . ... . . . • ' · . '. . . .
1
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.
/.
:r~. ·.
I' 'U , .· •
(a) the .Prov~sions requiring the pr.ior sancfilon. of'the 'Governor-General. for
·certain )egislative proposals ; . . · . . . · · · · ·· · ·
(b) the proyisions relatillg to broadcasting; · .....
(a) thP provisioµs relating to .directions •to, and principles to be obser.ved by,
the _Federal Railway A.µthority; and , . · · ' · ·.
' (d) the provision~ relating to oivil service.a to be recrt1ited by. the Secretary·
;.of State, · . / · .
shall have. effect in relation to defence. 'ecclesiastical affairs, external· a,ffairs' and•
the tribal areas as they have effect in relatiol). to m11tters or functjoris with·
respect to; or in the ex~rcise of, which the. Governoi~G~neral is by ·the · :p~Vi~
·i:dons of this .Act 'for the time being iU: force required to act in his .discretion, ·.
apd any 1-"eferenc~ lD any 6! .t?~, .provis~ons of this A~t for the tim7 being in
rorce .to the special :respons1b1hfaes of the Govemor-Gen:eraL shall be con~trued
as a reference to the spec}al responsibilities whieh lie will have when Part 'U
,•of thjs Act comes irifo operatfon. · · . / · . . .
(5) Nothing hi this section shall be con$trued IJ.S ·conferring ori the .Gov~pior
·Genera.l in Council any functions connected with. th~ exercise o~ t~e functions <>f
·the Grown in its relations. with Indian States. . .
· . 314. · Oontrhl of the Beoreta,ry of Btate.-(1)' The Governdr-General in Council
and the Governor-General, bdth. as · respects matters with respect to. which he
'.is required by oi;. under. this Act to act in his discretion· and a_s respects ptber
:matters, sh.all be unde_r the geneml control of, and comply wftli such pa.i:.~1cular'
. :directions,, 'i£ any,. a.a· may £To1-r; time fo thri~ be given by,, the ,Seor;,E!ltlW,f ~f
.State, but the validity of anything done by the Governor-General m Counml or
the. Govemol'-Genera.l shall not be called in question on the ground that it was
·done otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. y ' '
, (2) ·The Secretary of State shall· not give any' dir~ction to ·the ·Governor
tGenilral in. Council with respect t-0 any grant or l\ppropriatioll' of 'any pa.rt of. the
revenues of the Governor-General in Council except with the concurrep.ce of bis
:adwisers. • · · · , · ·· ·. '
3 Whil ' is Pai·t of tb" ict t ·in o' eratlon .·the advisers of the Secretary
>-0f State s not<.1/e more than twelve, nor· less than .. ·. , in number, arid;
notwithstanding anything in Part XI of this Act with respect to their term ·of
Qffice, on' the establiShment of the Federation 1such .of the advisers. as the S1.3cr~-·
,ta.ry of State may direct shall cease to }iold office. · · ·
. Slo.; Steiling li:t~1i8.--,{l) While . tilis l>~rt of··· this · ACt . is in operation, no
~sterling loans shall he contracted by the Governor•General in Council, put in
lie.µ thereof, if provision is Jnade in that behalf by. an East .India Loans Act ;of
:the
Parliament of {;he
United Kingdom, the Secretary of State may, within such
limits as may be prescribed by t'Q.e Act, oontract such loans on behalf of· ~he .
•Governor~General in·. Council. '' ' · ·· . · ·· · · . · ··
"(2) The f?eC1'etary of State sh:i-11 not exereis~ any such powel'.'$ of bot:rQ'Wing
·as are mentioned in this section unless at a mee~ing of the Secretary 9f State
:and his advisers the hon·owing has been approved by' a majority of the pets-Ons .
'Present.
.· · , · :' · · ·. ·' ·
(3)
'fhere
shall be inserted-· ' · ·
(a) in paragr~ph (d) .of subsection (1) ~f section one of the ',['rustee Act, 1925,
after the· words 'on the revenues of India"; and · . ' , .
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (9} of paragraph (a) of section ,ten of the
Trusts -(Sco.tland) Act, 1921, .. .. . · . . · ·
•the words " or in any sterling loans. raised by the ,Sec1'etary of State on ·behalf
of the Governer-Genei:al. of India in Counoil under the provi~ions of :Part XITI
. 9i the. Government
10£ India Act, 1935. ". · ·· ·
· · (4) No deductfon in respect of taxes imposed by .or under any ·existinginaian '
. '.law
or any l,aw of
the ''Indian, the Federal, or a. :Provincial· Legislature shall ·be
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p:ia.de, ~itll'er before or a.f.w:r\~e es~'Qlishm,~nt of tl;ie ¥~~11.tion; fto;m anY. pay.:..
ment otpi:incip\ll or, int(ll'.e;St in respect of any1oan contra¢t~.a un.de;i: this' s~ct1on. ,
• . (5} ~ny legaJ. proceediligs· in. rei!~Clt 0f any Ioa.n' raised' .fu:).der th~s sectiqn
may, either before or after the establishment of the Federat10:q.,, be brought .·m
the United Kingdom, against the Secretary of State, but nothing in this sec,tion. ·
. shall be construed as imposing an;( liabiUty on the Exchequer. of tlie Uriited
;Kin.ad. om. 1 ., • . • • . • • • · . . ,
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1 316. Legislature.-The powers conferred by the provisioi:ts of this, Act for
the time. being ·in force on the Federal Legislature shall be exercisable by th& ·
Indi_1µ1 Legislature, apd accordingly references in those provisions to the Federal .
Legislature ·and Federal Laws shall be construed,, as references to the ;Indian
· ,Legislature and laws . of t.he Indian Leg:islatlire, and references in those provi.
sions to Federal· taxes shall be construed as re~erences .to taxes imp93ed by laws
of• the !I}dian Legishifore: . . . · , · · · . . . · . · . ·
. ·
Provi.d.e~ that nothirig in
this ,ge'ct;ion shall empo"'.er the Ii:dian Legis\ature t0:
.impose hm1ts on the power,of the Governor-Gene.ral m Council to borrow. money.
817. Continuance of .certain P,TO'l)isions of Government of India Apt . ....--.(1) The.
pl!Ovisions of the Government of India: Act set.out, with ~mern;lments
1* * , *·,
iit the Ninth Schedule to this' Act (being certain of the provisions of that Act
relating to the Governor-General, . the Commander-in,Chie£; . the Governor-·
GeneraFs
Executive Council
and the Indian Legislature ·and provisions supple·
i:i:iental to 'those provisions) shall, ;'subject to those .amE;\pdments, continue to have
effect notwithstanding th1,1 repeal of that Act by 'this Act: . . .
· · Provided that nothing in the said pro,,visions, shall affecu the provisions of th&
last but one preceding section~ · · ·
(2) Ip the' said provisions, the expression "this . Act" ineans the said
provisio,ns. . '
. ·
{~)' Tl}.e
substitution· in the s!:}id provisions r>f references to the' Secretary of
State for ref()l'en<?es to the Secretary of State in Council shall not render invaUd
anything done thereunder by the Secretary of State in Council before .the com-
mencement of Part III of this Act.. ·
318.
Provisions as fo Federal ()01,1,rt an<J, certain other. Federal authorities.-·
(1) Notwithstandint;L that the ;J!'ederation has riot . yet been established, the.
l!"ederal
Court
and the Federal Public Service Commission and the Federal
Railway Authority sP.all come into' cxist,ence and be k:q.ow:i;i by those names, and
shall perform, in relation to British India. _the· like functions . as they are by or
.under th:is Act to perform in relation to the Federation whe:n established~ .
. (2) ~othing ill this. section affecti;; . .any power_ of His Majesty in Council to
fix .. a date lat~r thap the. commencement of Part III of this ,Act for the comiµg.
into operation, either general}y or for part.i~ular purposes,,. of any of the provi
skms of.this Act relating to the Fed~ral Court, the Federal Public Service Com-'
:tnisf;ion or the Federal Railway Authority. , ·'
319. Rights and liabilities, of Governor-General in Council and Gover,nor~
Geri.erdl to continue after e8ta.blishment o-f F'ede1'dtio'n.-(l) Any rigliti:;_ (J.cquired
by, or liabilities incurred by or on behalf of, the Governor-General in Council
or the~ Governo.r-General between the commencement of Part III of this .Act
and the . establishment of the Federaticm shall, after th'e establishment of the ·
Federation, be rights and liabilities of the Feder.atiorr; and any legal proceedihgs
. pending at the establishment of the Federation by or aga~nst the Governor·
Ganeral. in Council or thA Governqr·GeneraJ shali, aft_er ,the esttiblishment of th~
Federat.ion, be continued by or e.gainst .the. Federation. ·
,· ' (2) The provisions of ;subsection (1) of this 'Section shall apply. in relation to
ri_ghts and liabilities of the. S.e(lretary of State in Coun.cil which ha:ve,' by virtue
of the. r;rovisions of this Act, become rights or liabiliti.ea of the Governor-General
in CounQH as they apply in relation to the rights and liabilities therein mentioned.
. '
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1Tbt> words .. " conseque~tia.l o~ the pX.ovisions of tllist Aot" (repe!\led by s, 3, the Inciia,
and Burma. Tempotafy and 'Mi@cellanetitis Provisibrtli) ,A.<!t ·19.r2 (ll& O, (lljo. 6, ch. '39) ·
(retroapectively). '
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. . :3.20. Com.meno9me'ttt.-,(1)' Part ~I :Q£ thi$ Act shall oorp.e into·foroe -Ori such.
date .i;is His{'Majesty may appoint by the Proclamatitni est~plishing the Fed(}ra~
tion and the date so appoihted is the aate referred to~in this Act as the. da.te of .
the establishment of the Federation. ·
i (2) The remairider •of this Act shall, subject to any expr~ss p~ovisionto . the ..
contrai:y, .come into force on such date as His Majesty in ,Coi.mcil may appoin)l
•and
the
said date
1 is the date refei':red to in this Act as the commence:o;i.eni ·of
Part III o:f this Act. · · · · ·
. (3) . H it appears to His. Majesty in· Council that i~ ·wm ~ot be practicable .·
'<>r 'convenient that all the ~revisions of .this Act which are. under the~foregoing.
provisions of thia
1
section to/cOl;lle into force-on. a dli'te 'therein .mentioned sbOUld
come into operation simultaneou,sly on that date, His Majest'y .in Cotincil m$;y;,
' notwithstanding anyt~ing in this section; fix. an' earlier or a later dat\3 for .the
e9rW-ng intO operation. either generally or fo~ particula~ pUrprises,; of, 9:ny paiti·
·eular provisions "Of this Act. . . ·
. 321: l{epeals.~The ,G~v~rrtment .of India A.ct shall b~ rep~aledl.'i and .th~ olher
'.Acts· n;ientioned h1 the Tenth Schedule to this Act shall also be .repealed to ·the
exuep.t specified in the third column of that Schedule•,·. ·· .
Provided
that-:- ·
.
(a) :O:othing in. this 'section shall affect. the Preamble to . the Governnient of.
IndiJ1 Act;
19).9 (9
& JO Ge9. o c. 101); .·
.(d). without prejudice to any oth~r provisiOns of this Act, to the provisions
<>£:the Government of Burma Act, 1935
1 and .to the prO:visi<:r~s of the Interpret~
tio:ri Act, 1889, refating to the effect .0£ repeals, this repeal shall not 31ffect 8.ny
appointment made under any \:mactme:nt. so repealed to any office, and any such
· appointment shall have effect as· if it were an appointment to the correst1onding
'Office under this Act or the Government of Burma Act, 1935. · ·. ·. · ,
;...,,~ ; . . -. . '
SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE. / .·
(Sectiohs 5, 18, 308:)
Co:u:pos1T10N oF THE FEDERAL J,,EaiaLATu~;
PART I.-;._REPRESE:i-iTATlvt' OF BRiT1sB:. IND.IA~
. · General Qv,al~ftcation for Membership. .
1.A perf?cm shall, not be. qualifie.d tO. be chosen as a representative Of British
I~dia to fill a. seat in the Federal Legislature unless he-·· . · · j · . . · · ...
, (a) .ia ·a British. subject, or the Rul.er or; a subject of an Indian State which
has acceded to the Federation; and · . . . · . . · ·
(b) is, in the case of a. .seat in the Council of State, not less 'than thirty yea.rs .·
of age and, in the case of a seat in the F~eral Assembly, not l_ess than twenty-live
yearrs
of
age; and . • · . . , . . .· . · . ., ...
(c) pdssesses such, if any, of thEp o'ther qualifications specified in, or prescribed
under,· this Part of this Shhedule as' ·ml).y be appropriate in this case: ·· .,
1
. ·
·
Pr0vided that the Ruler or a. subject of an Indian State whi9h ·has not acceded
to the Federation-· · ·· • • . · · . · · · · · ' . ' ·
(i) shall not be disqualifi.ed under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph tO 611
a seat. allocii-ted to a Province H he would be eligible to· he elected t-0 .the Legia-·
lativ.e Assembly of that Province; .and . · · . · : . . · ·.. · ·
(ii) in su11h r.itf!P.A .. as mn.y.be prP.sr.rihed, shJ.1,11 "1cit be disqtia.li:6:ed under the.11a.id ·
su1leparagraph (a) tO I.ill a seat allocated.' to a. Chief Commissioner's Province;
.· (2) ,Upon the expiratibn of the ~r1nfor which he is chosen tO serve as a. mel'.il•
ber of the .Federal Legislature, · a person, H otherw:ise duly qualified, lihaU he
e1igible to be chosen to serve for a further term. . . ' . l
1Pt. III .. a.nd .provisions other. th;:-·~;h~;~; of~;i~~ll~~;d··VII;~;~h-the, ex~;ion of
s .. 181(2Jl, ch. I of pt. IX:, the eighth sch. v;qd s. 232 Ca.me Into for~e. on' 1st April 1937 und.er
p!'ra. 3, G. of I. (C. T. P-rov.) 0., 1936; 81!1! also paras.· 1 land 12, ibid. . · , '
1
Except portion of s. 67(2), see para • .12, G. of I. (0. T. Prov.) 0., 1936 ..
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f26·GEO. '5 & 1 EDW~Y8':)\ '."t:foverriiment of fodia A'ct, ··1935, (CH. t.j
.. ·. The .ao00cil. of State.. · . . · . .
.a. Of"the .one h"9nd.r.f!d, aitd fifty-six: seats in 'tqe C~mncil of State. m be ij.H~ci :J,iy.
il'.'E)presentatives ·of Bri;tisb ·rp.~ia. one hundred and fifty seats sha.11 be >allocated ,to
the Governors' Provinces, the Qhief Copuriissioners' Provinces and the . Anglo
. lndi!!:n, ])uropean .a.n!:l Indian Ch,ristian communities i:n· .the niann:er showri in
d'iVision (i) of the relevant Tali.le of Seats appeitded to this Part of thiS. Sc.J:ie.dule,
. .a.nd six seats shall .. be. filled .by persons chosen by the Governor-Genera.I in bis
'<iiooretion. · , ··. · . . · · . · · . · . . . . . .
· . 4~· 'To each Governor's Provine~, Chief Cori:imissfoner's Provihce a.nd oom·
munity speMfleil in the first column of division (i) of the Table' there. s\iall. be
·
allotted
the number of seats specified in th¢ seco:p.d' column opposite to that; }>ro· ·
.vinoo or commimity, and of the seats se allotted tO a.· Governo.r's. Province or a.
, Chief Commi.ssiOner's Province, the nu~ber specified in tlie third column, .shall be
,general seats, ·tlw nu1llber specified JP the fourth column shall be 'l:;ea,ts for. repre-
senta.tives
1of the scheduled castes~ the number . specified in the fifth.· column· .. shall
. .be $H~:l;t s~ats, the ,,number' specllied in the ·sixth colurµn shall be· 14uha.mmadan
llea.ts, and the number specified in...,the seventh column shall be; seats. reserved for
-women. ' ' · · · ·
· 5~ ;A 'Qoverno~'s Province or a.. Chief Commissioner's Province, exclusive of
an:y portion. thereof which His Majesty in Council may deem u:nsuit<>ble •for
inclusion in ariy constituency or in any constituency of any pairticular clw, ··
'Shall .be divided intQ territoriaLconstituencies---' -
(a) for t~e efoction o·f perso11s to fillthe general seats, if a,ny; ··
(b) for .the election of persons· to fill the S~kh seats, if any; a~d .
. (c) for the election of persons to fill the Muhammadan seats, if any,
· .· -0.r, i! as 1•espeots _any class of constituency it is so prescribed, ma,i form one
"territorial constituency. ~ . · · . . · . · · .. ·
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To each territorial· constituency of any1 class one or more seats of' that class
.shall be assigned, . · · . . ' '
.6. (1) No person shiJ.11 be entitled to yote at a:ri: election to fill a Sikh seat or a
MuhammaQ.an ae.at in the Cou:ncilof State unless he is, a ~i,kh Or a Muhammadan,
as the case may be:· . " . '
(2) No person who is, or is entitled. to be, included in the elecf;oral .roll .for a
.
terrii;orial
constituency in an_.y: Province for the election of persons to fill a· Sikh
seat or a Muhammadan .seat fo the Council _of State shall' be entitled to vote at
:a,n: election to fill. a general seat therein allotted to that Province.
(3) No Anglo-Indian, Europ(lan or. Indian Christian shali be entjtletl ~ rote
it an election to fill a.:.general seat in the 'Cmincil of State. .· . ·
. (4) Subject as aforesaid, the qualifications entitling persons to vote in territo-.
· rial constituencies at elections of members of the Council of •State shall be such as
may be prescribed; . ' -
7. Nothing in the two last .preMding paragraphs shall apply in •r~lation to
British 'Baluchistan, and a. persoh to fill the seat in the Council of '8t~te allotted
to that Province shall be chosen in such ·maimer as may be prescribe(J: . ·. · ,
8. In any Province to which a seat to be' filled by a. representative . of the .
scheduled castes ·is allotted, a. person to fil,l that seat shall be. chosen by: the mem
bers o:f those ·castes .who hold seats in the Chamber or, as the case may be, ·either
. '
Chamber
of the· Legislature of that :Province. · . .·· .· · .
~. 9. In any Province to which. a seat reserved for women is .allotted, a woman to
fill that seat shall be chosen by· bhe persons, whether men or . women, who hold
se~ts in We Chamber 'or, as th~ case may be, the. Chambers of the Legislature of
that Prov1nce. , . , . . ·. . .
10. PersQns to fill the seats allotted tO the.Anglo-Innian, Europe~n arid Indian
.Qhristian communities shall l:>e rihQsen by the members of Electoral Colleges. con·
. sisting of such Anglo-J;ndians; Europeans and Indian Oivfatians, as. the· case. may
be, .as are members of the '.Legh1lat;ive Council of any Governor's Province or of
the Legislative Assembly of any' MGovernor's Province. . ' . . .
The Rules regulating the. condµct of. 'elections by the European Electoral
College shall be such as to secure that on any oooasion where more t.han one seat,
bJlit to l:ie. filled by :the College no two . of the seats to be ; then filled ' slla.11 lw
filled by pers01:;1.s who' are normally resident in the .same Province. .
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uni~~~~ person sha.11 not be qu·alified to 'hold •a sel .in the Council .. 'of·. State
(a) Jn the case of a eeat alfotteu to a Governor's Prov'ince o·r a Chief Coll1-
ruissi?ner's ,ProviMe
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he is ,qua.lifted tO vote in a territortii.l constitu~uciy in the
Provrnc9 at an election· of a membe1· of the Council of State, or, in the case of a
·
s!,>a.t a.llotted
to British Baluchistan, poss&sses such qualifications as. may be
· · l?rescribed; . . . ' · · · .
•. (b) in ;the cas~ of. a seat allotted to the Anglo-Indian, the European or. ·the
Indian. dhristian community, he possesses such q'1.aJilications as may be prescribed.
· .12. Subject to the proyisio:qs of the four next succeeding par{t~~~phs,'the term
1
ot office of a member ·of the Council o.f State shall be nine years : · · . : ·
Pr'ovidetl
that· a person chosen
to ftll a casual vacancy shall be chosen to ser.ve · ·
onlY: fo:r tl~e remil'inder of his predecessor's form of office. · · · .• :. · ·
13. Upon the first constitution of the. Coun.cil of ~ta;te person&. shall be chosen .
to fill all the seat.s .allotted to Governors'· Provinces, Chief Oommissione,r,S' Pro~ ·
vince~ and communities, but, for the purpose of securing that in aNery third yell,r
one-third. of
the hblders
of such seats. shall retire, one-thir? Of .the ,persops lir'st
c~osen shail be chosen to serve for. th'ree years only, one-third shal! b,e chosen to
. serve for six years ·only, and one-third sha.U be chosen to setve for nme years, a.nd
· . thereafter in every third. year persons shall be chosen to fill for n.ine. year~ .the·
Mat..~ t.hen becoming vacant in consequence of .the provisfons. of this paragraph.
14 .. In the case of a Province spec1Jied, in
1
. column. one in division (ii) of the
Table of Seats, the numbers speei:tied as respeuts seats of different d~s7es in'. ·
,
columns
two to six, in columns -seven to el<wen and in columns twdve to.~ateen
respectively shall be the p.umbers of the seats of the different class~s to be filled
upo:.1 the ftrst constitution of the Council by members chosen to
1
serve for three:
.·year::i only, by members chosen to'serve for six.years only, ap:d by membel's chosen'.
to serve for nine years. · · · · · ·
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. 15. The person . chosen upon the first· constitution · of the . Council to fill the
Anglo-Indian seat shall be chosen to serve for nine y~ars; of th~ seven pimmns
th~u chosen to fill the Europt1an seats, ~~ree shall be chosen to serve f'or thrt1e yea.rs·
on1y, one shall be 9hosen to ser~e for six years only and three shall be chosen to
. aervt: for nine years; . .and,. of the two persons then chosen to fill the India.n ·
Christian Seats, one shall he chosen to serve for three yea.rs only and ori.e~shall be ·
·chosen to serve fot. nine years. . · ,
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. 16. Upon the' first consti~µtion of the Council of State .two of· the persons to
be chosen by the Ll-overnor-General shall be chosen to serve for three years only, ,
two shall be chosen to serve for six years only and two shall' be. chosen to' serve f9r
'n~ne years. · · · · ·
, · Phe FeaeraJ, Assembly. . ·
.17. The allocation of seats in the 'Federal .Assemb,ly, other than seats allotted to
. Indi.an States, shall be as shown in the r~lev.ant '!'able of Seats appended to this .
. .
Part of this
Schedule. . . · . · '
18. Tq e1¥Jh Governor's ·Province a;nd Chief Com~issioner's Pro\<ince ·specified·
in the first column of tlie Table there shall be allotted the number of seats specified
in the second column opposite to that Province,, and of those seats-
(i} the number specified in the third column shall be general seats, of which
the number specjfil(d in the fourth column shall be reserved for members of the
scheduled castes; . . ,
·
(ii)'the
numbers specified in the next eight col.umns·shall be the nurnbers'of
seats to be filled respectively by persons chosen to represent (a) the. Sik~ ,com·
munity; (b) the Muhammadan community; (c) the Al)gl~dndian community; (d)
the European community; (e) the lµdian C.hristian comm1.mity; (/) the intere~ts ·;.
of commerce a:ti.d industry·; (g) landholders; and (h) the interests of labour j a.nd '
(iii) the number specified in the thirteenth column shall be the ntimber of· saa.tS. ;
reserved to women. · . , . · , · . ' · . . , ' ·
There shall also be in the 'Federal Assembly four sea.ts not allotted to a.ny ·
Province, of which three sh.all be seats to be filled by r~presenta.tives of commerce
\i.n:d industry and one ghall be a sea.t to be filled by a represent{l.tive of Jl1.bour;
' . 19. Subject to the provjsions of .the next suceeelling pa-i:agrn.ph,' persons t,91\lt.
the seats in the Federal' Assembly allotted -to a Governor's Province ~s general'
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seat'.!, Sikh. seats o.r -;J\1 uhammadan, .sea.ts· shall he·. chose.J. ·. hy electora.tes >consisting
' of such of the members Of' the Legislative Assembly of th'l'l Province as holfl therein
general seatS, Sikh seats or Mttha,pimadan seats respectiveJy, voting in. the case
·. of :t general election iri aCCOi'dance'lwith the rrinciple' of p'roportional represel).ta~,
tio.n by Irieans of the single t'rans!eraple vpte: . .. · .
Prcvided ,that in the North-West Frontier Province the holders of Sikh seatS,.
antl
i,1 lliny ·Province
in which seats are. reserved foi· representatives ·of backwai:ll
areas or backward tribes the holders of those seats, shalI, for the ·purpose~ of thii.
paragraph, be deemed to.hold general seats. . · . .
20. The provisions of this paragraph .shall h.ave effect with . respect to the
general .seats reserved in any Governor's Province for members of the scheduled.
eastes :-· · . . . · . . · . · · . ) , · ·
For the purposes of a general election of members of the }federal A.sse,mbly,~
(a) there shall be a primary elector.ate consisting of all .pe1'.sons ·who were
successful candidates at the p
1
rimary eleetions held; in accordance with the pro
visions of the Fifth Schedule to· this A.ct, on the oceasion o:l the last . generaL
electu)n of members of .the Legislative Assembly .of the Province. fo1· the purpose
of selecting candida.tes for seats reserved for members of the scheduled castes;. ,
. (b.) the. members of the pri;mary electOrate so co;nsti'tuted shall be entitl~d to.
take part in a primary election held for the purpose of electing four candidates:
for each ~a,t so. reserved; a:nd · . · · · · · · · .
(a) no person who is not so elected as a. candida;te shall be' qualified to htl' '
chosen to :fill such a seat. · . · ·. · · · · ·
Rules I made un,der this· pa.rt .of this Schedule shall make' provisfon as to the·
manner in which a casual vacancy occurring in it.. seat to which this paragraph
applies is to be filled, . · · . . · · . · / '
·. 21. For the purppse of choosing
1 persons .to fill :the women's seat$ in ,the
'Federal Assembly there shatll be-:for Britif!h India an electoral college consisting
-of such women as ate mem):ieis of the Legislative Assembly of any Governor'a.
·Province, and the person to fill a '.woman's seat allotted to aliy particular Province ·
:&hall be chosen by the members of the. college. , _ · · · · · .
Rules regulating the conduct of. elections by tlie women's electoral college shalt
be such a.a. ~l secure tll/tt, of the J?,ine womeri's seats allotted to Provinces, at <least
two are held 'by Mµhamnla.da~s and at .least one by an Indian. Christian. ,
2~. For· the purpose of choosing persorw to fHl the Anglo-Indian, European and
Indian Christian seats in the Federal Assemply, there shall be for Br.itjsh India;.
three electoral colleges consisting respectively of, such persons as hold an A.nglo
Indian, a European ot an Indian Christian seat in the Legislative Assembly of
any· Governor's Province, and the person to fill an Anglo-Indian, .Eur9pean or
Indian ChriRf.ian seat o.llotted to. ~ny J>Mbicular Province shall, be 'chosell by the-
. members of the appropriate electoral c9llege. · . . ·
In choosing at a genera.I election the persons 1jo' :fill the Indian Christian seats
allotted to the Province of Madra,8, the. Indian ()hristi;i,n electoral college shall
vote i.u accordance with the principle of proportional representation by' means ,
of .the single 't:r:J:1;ns~erable vote; · . , · " · · .. · .
.
23. Persons
to :fill the seats in the: Federal Assembly which are-to be filled by
representatives of commerce and industry, landholders and representatives of
labou; shall be chosen- · ~ . · . ·· · · . . ·. ,
(a) in the ease of a seat .allotted to a Province which ll'l to be filled by a repre,
isentative. of commerce and industry; by such chamber!! of c_ommerce 'and similar
IJ;Ssociatio:hs voting in. such manner as may be prescribed.. · . • · . ·
(b) in the case of a,s,eat allotted to a Province whfoh is to be nlled by a land
holder, by such persons voting ih suCh territorial constituencies and in · sudt •
.u~anner as may be prescribed; h · . . · · · . . .
(r;) in the case of a seat allotted to a llrovince which is to .be filled by a repre
sentative ,of labour, by such organisations, 'or in such constituencies, arid in:
acoordance with.such manner of:voting as muy be prescribed. 1 ·
(ii) .in ~he case of one of the non-provincial seats wbich are to be filled by
representatives of c.ommerce and industry, by such Associated Chambers of Com
merce, in the case of another such se~t by such Federated Chambers of Oomtrmroo
and in the case of the thirq such seat by 'sueh commer()ial bodies in Northern
Indfa, voting in each case' in such manner a.s may be prescribed: and
· (t!) in the case ofc,the non-provincial seat which 'is to be filled by a ·representa...
tive of labour, by such organisations voting in such manrler a~ ma.1 he presoribod.
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. . 24. l'ersbns to All the Jila~ in tl,te'Feder'a.i Assembly a.llO.tted to Chiet Co~
.imissioners; :Province& as general seitts or Mµhii.m:g:iada.n seats shall be Cbosen
(a) in the case of Coorg, by tlie members qt the Legislative OouMil; and.
(b) in other ca.Sea in\such 'niann.<>,r as may''be prescribed. . . . . . .
.· 25. A peri;mn shal1 not be qualified. to. hold. a seat in the Federal Assembly,
m1leslil.'--' • , · · . · · ·. · ·· . .
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... · · , •
(i) in thfl case of a general seat, a. Sikh, seat, a, Muhammadan sea~, an Anglo
Indian seat;. a European seat, an Indian Chrisbian seat or a. w-Om.a.n's · sea.t
allotted to a Governor's Province• or the Province of Oootg, he .18, qualified to hold
a. seat ·of the salnf! class in the Legislative Assembly, or, in the case of Ooorg, th~
· Legi!)lative Council, of that Provi.noo; · · ·· · · · . · · · · . ·. ·•
(ii) hi the case of any other seat, he posse:ases. sue.Ii quaHncations as 11\.ay be
prescribed: . . . .
' ·. Gene1·al.
26.~(1) In the foregoing pr~vision~ of this Schedule the following ·~xP,l'<issions
have 'the meanings'hereby assigned tQ them, that .is ~ S:;t'Y: . , · · · · ·
· .,.a European" means .a persen whose, father or any of wltose other male · 'P.r~)
genitors in the mal6 line is or was of European desc1nit and who. is not· a_ native
· ·of India; · · ,
".an
Angl0-Indiart" means a. person
whose. father • or.'any of ,whose other· mah'!·
progenitors in the male line is or wa.s of European descent but who iis a native of
India; ,- . . . . . . . ·... . '
"an Indian Christian" means a.'person who professes a.ny form of .the Christian
t•eligion and i_s not a European or an, 4nglo;lndi.an; .· .. .· . , ,. . . ··
"~be seheduled castes" means such castes, races or tribes or pa1·ta of or groups·.·
-within castes, races or tribes, being ca.stes, · race:;i, tribes, parts or groups which
·appeM to His Majesty ill Council to correspond to the-classes·· of pe,'rstms formerly
known a~ "the depressed classes", !I.I! His'Majesty in Council may specify; f!.nd
. "prescribed'' means P,resc:fibed by Jiia M11i_~sty in Council or, so. far as regards
:any matter which under this Act the Federal Legislature or .. the Gove1·nor-~eneral
are co1upet~nt to regulate, prescribed by an Aqt of that Legislature 01;-by a rule
made under the next succeeding p.aragraph. ;
1
, ' . · . · · · .
· (2) In this paragraph .the expression "native. of India" has the same mea.ning
~ it had ·for the purposes of· section six of the Goverrunent of. India. Aqt; ·. 1870
(33 acnd 34 Viet. c. 3), and accordingly it includ,es any person born and· domiciled
withfo. the dominiOns ef His Majesty in India or.. Blll'ma of parents habitually
resident in Indfa; 01· Bimna •and not· estabffshed· there for tempor.ary purposes
<1nly. · ' , . . . . . _ , · · · ... · ,· . _
27. ln s? far a.s. provis!<m with~ re~rect to. any matt.er is · npt ,J\l'lac;le by-this Aet.
i0r by · H1s . Ma1esty · m ' Oounc1 · or, a.fter the constitution oi tl'le
Federal Legislature, by , ,Act o:f that Legislature (where ~ the matter
is . one with .· I'!;lspect to, .. whiCh th!'t Legislature ,· is competent to
make laws), the Governor. Gene).'al, ~xe1·cisiilg his individual judgment, may ma.ke
1
.orules f<w cartY:ing into effect the. f~r~g_oii:g p.rovisions _of this p~rt oj thi~ Schedule
and for securmg the due const1tut1on of "'the-Council of State• and t'&e 'Federal
Assembly and, in particular, but without prejudice· to the generality of the
foregoing words, with respect to- - ' .
, (i) tfie notification of vacancies{ including casual vaca.ncie,. and the proceedings
to be taken for filling vacancies; . . . .
(ii) the nomii1ation of candidates;· . ' . · . . ·
t (iii) the conduct of elections, including th& application to elections ~f the
JJripciplfl of prop1wt.innal representation by moano of the single tl"ansfo1·abfo vl!Le,
and the rules to regulate elections where certain of the seats to be. filled are to be
'lilied by persons to be chosen to serve for different terms, or are i·e~er'\led £Qr mem-
bers of the scheduled castes; . ' " .
(iv) the. expenses of' candidates a,t elections; .. .
(v) corrupt practices and othev offences at .or ·in connectio11 with elections;
(vi) the decision of doubts ·and di.spntes .afisinp: ont of or in connection with
the choice of persons to fill seats in the Council Q.f State. or the 1i'ederal Assembly; .. ·
:and·
(vii) the manner in which rules ar.e to be can~ied into eff~ct.
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...
[OH. 2:]·
T!B_LB OF $BATS.
The Co>tmcil of State.
Representatives of British 1naia,
1.
·Province or
Cfommwuty.
·'·----
Madl'as '.
Bombay
..
!Bengal, . •
United Provinces
Punjab. . ,
rsiha'r . .
Central ~rovinces arid
Berar.
'.Assam ; • •
North~West Frontier Pro
· vinc.e.
. OriSsa '.
:Sind ' •
. British Baluchistan
·Delhi.·. •
Ajmer-Merwara
·coorg . . .
AJi.glQ·Indiami
Europeans .
'Indian Christians
Tota,Js
. '
. '
(i) Allqeation of seats.
2.
Tota{
seats.
--
20
16
2o
20
16
16
.. 8
5
5
'o
5
l
l
l
l
1
7
2
150
3.
General.
seats:
--
14
lO 8
11
3
10
6
,;l
1
4
2
l
1
l
75
sea.ts for
Scheduled
Castes.
5.
Sikh
seats.
6.
Muham
madan
seats~
7.
Women's
,Sea.ts.
----1----1------'----1------
1
l
l ,'
1
4
1

l t.
-
-
4
4
10
7
8
4
1
2
4
1
3
1
I
1
1
1
l
' i
---~1--~- ----1--'----·
6' 4 49
,. '
J~l
·'.:I'
,.

l,
Province.
.·
Madras •
·:sombay • ~,""r...,. __ ~---,
""'Bengal • •
t5 Unlted.Prov!ncei
Punjab
Blhar.
Central Provinces and Barar
Allsam •.
North-West FrQnt1;;'? Prov!nce
O:rlssa
Shu '
British Ilaluch~ •
Dalhi
~Jmer-Merwara
Coori
---,----·--·-
,·
-
. -
--,
4
2
. I 22.
/
1
1
2
2
1
8
..

...-·
x·
'1
1
A8LE OF SmA·rs.
-r=r
:55
Federal Assembly.
ReprefJentatives of British lniJixJi ..
~
?
C:!·
I • 2 .. ·I L 3. 4 •. I
5.
I
6.
·~
7·,
I
8. I
9.
I
10. ll. ·12. 13. ~.
. ~eral Seats:-
.
·~
Sea.ts
.
i;t:l
-for
·.~.
Indian
repre- Seats -~
General Muham Anglo, Euro· aenta-Land- for
Women's¢
Total I · Total seats. Sikh ·mad.an · Indian ,pean Ohrist• · tives of , holders · l'.epre~
Provin0e. · I Seats. · of reserved Seats. Sea.ts. Seats,· . · seats. Seats.· com, Seats. sen.ta.:, . Seats.
·l-J
General · for . merce. thres
of
~
Seats. Suhe- and labour; .•·e
duled indu.st:cy.
<,,;
CJ>
QaStes.
~-;§ .
<'>
~
... ;i
.
~:Madras . 37 19 4
··....;._,
8 l· 1 1l
••• .,2
1 1
·/ .. -
...
Bombay. . -·
30 13 2 6 'l 1 I a 1 2 2 .....
'BoogaJ . . . 37 10 3· 17 1 1
-1 -.,. -3 . 1
~-
l
~
-
,.--. ;;:... ..
United Provinces 37 I9 3 -
12 i 1 -1 1 1 I . s~ .. ,~
Punjab , 30 6 l 6. 14 1
I .
-, 1 - -r
l:i>;:
Bihar . 30 16 2 -- 9 1 l - 1 l l '
C-. I
Central Provin~ an'd Be~ar' 15 9 2 -3 - -
- f l
~
---~·-
.Assam .. 10 4 l - 3 1 .. -
_,;;.;,;; l '.,...... .6
North-West Fr~ntie; P~ovince 5 1 4 -
I
,:~ -
-~
.. - - - ~·~:
Orissa 5 ~ 1 - . 1 - - - - -
~ . Ot• ...
Sind ~ ·. 5 _l ·-·- 3 - 1
British B~uchi~tan ~ 1· - - l
Deihl .2 1 --
l
I
-
l
I
-
l
-
.Ajmer-Mei-Wara .. 1. 1 - - -
~
Qoocg • . . . · .' 1 .1 - - - - -
·Non-Provincial Seats 4 - --· - I 3 I I l'
. -·----<---..-I
10
-~~"-'~-'l~--_.;.r,...,-'-,-~~~--''3 .
.IXI
j ' l .• I . 1 I 7 ? I 10 -·I .. 9 -~-
Totals 250 105 ~
•·
i 7 I
19 82 I 4 8
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PuT u.-REPRESENTAT1vms o.I!· lNIHAN STA'Tllls. ·
· , i. The aifocation to I.ndia.n Stat,es of seats ill the Federal Legislature sha.IJ her
as. shoytn · 1n the Table ap,pended to· tMs Pl:!ol'.t of this SC\hedule, hereinafter referr~d
·to as the "Table of Seats," .and per:;1011s to. represent· l,ndia.n States in that Legis:.
la.ture shall be chosen and· appoin,ted in accordance with the provisions lierein""
· · a.fter conta.ined. / / · · . · · ' . . . . . . · .
2 .. In the case of the Council of State, there shall 'be P,llotted to each State or,
the ca&f inay be, to each .group of States 'specified in the first column of .the
Table of Seats, the nurn.ber of seats specified' in the · second column of the aaid
Table opposite to that State or to-that group of Sltates. · .· . · . · '
, 3. In the case of the l!'ederal Aasembly, the1·e shall be allotted to each State or,
. as the case. may be, to,each grol1,p of States specified in the third ccilunm of .the
Table of Seats, the number of seats specified in the fourth column o~ the said
Table oppo::;ite to that State or b'o that group of States. ~ ' ·. · · ··
.. · · 4 . .!':: p.er11on shall· not be qualified to be appointed under this :Part of this
Schedule to fia a seat .in e.ither Ohan:JJ;ier of the Federal Legislature. unless he---,-. · ·
.
.(i)
is a British subject or the Ruler or. a subject of an Indian ·State whi<)h has
· acceded to. the Federation ; an(l · · · · · . . · ·
· (ii) is, in the case of a seat .in the Council of State, not less tl;ian thil'ty yetl)ra
ofage a:nd, in the case of a seat in the Federal .Assembly, . ndt less than twenty-tive
years of age : · ·
Provided that-· · . · · ·. .. · · .· . .. ·
(a) the 'Govern9r-General may i.n his discretion declare as respects' any Stat.e,.
the Ruler of which at the date of· the establishment of the Federation was. by reason_
of his minority not exerriising ruling powers, that sub-paragraph (i) of thiii-para
graph ·shall not apply to any nam~d subject, or to subjec~s generally, of tha~
Stawuntil that Sltate comes under the rule of a Ruler who is' of an age to exercise
ruling powers.; and · . . · · . · · . · ' _ · . .
(b) sub-paragr.aph (ii) of .this .paragraph shall not apply to. a Ruler who is
exercising.,ruling powers. · · , · · . ··
5, Upon_ the expiration of the terni for which he is appointed to serve as a
member of the Federal Legislature, a person
1
if otherwise duly qualiftedJ shall ·be
eligible to be appointed to serve for a further ter,m. . . ·
6. Subject to the special' provisions hereinafter contained with respect to the
appointment of persons to represeli~ ·certain States a1_1d ·groups "Of States com-
pri!!ed in Divisions :X:"VI and XVII of. thl'l Table of Seats,- ..
(i) the Rulers of States constituting a groop of States to .which a. sea.t in
.the Council of Sta~ is allotted shall in rotation appoint a person to fill t.ha.t
seat; .and . · . . . . .
(ii) the Rulers of the States constl.tuting a group of States to whi~h a,-seat in
the Federal Aiisembly is allotte.d shall appofo'f; jointly a. person to fill that seat: ·
Provided 'that the Rulers of two or more ~tates entitled to appoint in rotation
. a person to fill a seat in the Council of State allotted to a· group of States may
·by agreement, and with .the. approval of the Governor-General in. his discretion,
appoint jointly a person to fill that seat. .
·: 7 •. The period for which a person shall. be appointed 'to fill a s51a'I?' shall be-
. (i) in the case•of .a person .appointed to,fill a seat,in the.Council of State--.:
(a) by the Ruler of a. State entitled. to separate 1represehtation, . pine years;
(b) join:tly by the Rulers of all the Spates in a group w:hich have acceded to
the Federation, three ,-ears; · · · · · ·. . . .
(c) by the' Ruler of a State appointing in r9tation, ·one year subject, however;
to the special provisions of the next succeeding paragraph with respect to certain
States therein mentioned; . . .
(d) jointly by Rulers of ~ome only o! the States in a group which have acceded
to the Federation, a period equal to the aggr.egate of the periods for. which. each
of them might in rotation have appointed a per&>n to hold that seat' or three years,
whichever may be· .. the shorter period; · ·
(e) in any other manner, three years-; and
(ii) in .the case of a person appointed to fill a, seat i'n the Federal Assembly,
until the dissolution of the Assembly: . ·, · '
Provided 'that- . . . ' ·
(i) a person appointed to. fill' a seat upon the occurrence of a. .oosual vacancy
shall be appointed to fill that seat for the remainder of the period for w};i.ich hfa.
predecessor was appointed; · · ·
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(ii) in the oa.~ie of first appointments to fill seats in .the Council of State the>
Gove;rnor.~General in his diseret.ion· shall .. make 'by ordl)r provision· for. s€curtn~
that approximately one-third of the persori.s appointed. by · Rulers entitled ·tP-.
separate representation shall be appointed to ·fill seats for three years only. ·
approximately one-third to fill. seats/for six years only and, .approximately. one-.
third to fill seats for nine years. · . · .· . · ·
8 .. The Ruler of a State mentioned. in this paragraph .when appointing in
i'otatwn a person to fill a seat in the Council of State s1ial1, notwithstanding any
. thing in the preceding paragraph, be entitl~d £o appoint that person to fill the
seat-· · · . · · ·· . . ·
.. (a) in the case of the Rulers of Panna and of Mayurbhanj, fo'r two yea.rs; and1
(b) in the ease of the Ruler of Pudukkottai, for three yea1's. ·.
9. Subj eot as hereina!ter provided, the Rulers. of two. or more States f_orming:
a; group to. which one seat in either Chainber of the Federal Legis1ature·is allotted
sha.ll, fo ehoosing a person. to b~:appointed 'by them jointly to iill that seat~ eaeb,
ha:ve. one' vote, and in the ease of ah equality of votes the ch0ice . shall fie act.er
mined by lot or otherwise in such other man:uer .. as may be prescribed: · : ·
Provided that in choosing a person to 'be so appointed tiie Ruler of a State
m.entione.d in. sub-paragraph (a) of. the preceding paragraph shall be entii;led. to·
two votes and the Ruler of the State :roontioned iri stih-pariagraph (b) of that:
paragraph shall be .entitled to' three votes .. · , . · · ·
10 .. A seat in either Chamber allotted to a single State shaH remain unfilled'
· until the Ruler of that State has .acceded to the Federatioh, and 'l: seat' in ·either /
Cl\am!~ilr which is the only seat therein a.Uotted to a group of States shall remain
unfilled until the Rulers of at least one~half of those States have so. acceded but,
· 3ubject as hereinafter provided, so long as one-tenth of the seats in '!'lither Ohain:
ber allotted. either to s~ng.le States or to groups of States rem~in 'unfilled by
.reason of .the non"accession of· a State or, States, whether ··such non-accession be
due w the ,minority of a Ruler or to any other cause; .the persons appointed by
the Rulers-of States to fill seats in that Chamber 1Uay from time to time in. · the
pr~scribed., ma .. nne. r appoint ·.persoits, not ~xceed.in.g one-h .. alf of the number of
seats so unfilled to be adaitional members of that Chamber :
Provjded tliat the right to appoint such additional members shall not be
exercise? .~fter the exj)iration of twenty year~ from the establishmefit of the·
.Federation. · . . / . · · ·
A person appointed under this paragraph as an additional member of either
Chamber shall be appointed to fill liis seat for a p~11iod of one year only.
11; Pers0ns to' fill the seats. in the Federal Assembly allotted to any group of
States mentioned in Division XVI of tpe Table of Seats as entitled/to
1~pppint.
persons to fill three such seats shall be appointed in the prescribed. manner by the:
Rulers of such of the States in the group as have acceded fa~ ·the Federation:
Provided tl;tat-- .. .
.(a) until tlie Rulers of two of those States have-s_o acceded, all the three seats:
shall remain unfilled; and · . . · .
• · .(b) until the Rulers of four of those .States have so acceded, two of .the three
·:'!eats shall remain unfilled; and . . . · · · .
(c) until the.Rulers of .six of those States have so acceded, one. of the three
seats shall remain unfilled.. · ' . · · · . -
Seats in the Federal Assembly remaining unfilled by reason of the provisionl'l
of this paragraph shall be treated as seats remajning m;dilled for the purposes of
the last preceding paragr.aph. · ·
12. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply with respect to the two seats
in the Council of .State and the five .seats in the· Federal Assembly allotted to the
States comprised in Division XVII of the Table of Seats :·- . '
.(a;) the States in question are suc\l States, being States which on the. first day
of January, ni,neteen hundre<;l and thirty~five, were included 'in the Western, India
, States Agency, the Gujarat States Agency, the Decc~n States Agency, the Eastr:i;n
.
States
Agency, t,he Central India Agency or the Rajputana. Ag11ncy, or were in
· political relations with, the Gov~rnment of the Punjab o.r. tne Gcmprnm~nt. ~f
Assam, as may. be enumerated rn rules made by the Governor-General m hrn
discr.etion ; · , . . . .
, (b) the Governor-General shall, in the rules so made by him, d1v1de. the. said
States into firyre groups, and ofi the fiv.e seats in the F.ede1•al Assembly alJotted to.
thm;e States one shall be deemed to be .allotted to each of the groups ;
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, '(c) a sea.t in the Federal A8sembfy allotted to. ~D:e of the ~~id .groups ·shall
remain unfilled 'until the .RRlers of at least .one-haif of the States i.n the group
have a?ceded to t~e . Fe~e. r~tion, 'bp.J;,, ,save .as a:foresa.id, a person "to .fill such a
:seat shall be ap.pomted m .the, pre¢cribed manner by 'the. · Rulers of such of the
:St~tes in the group as have acceded 'to the Federation; · ' ... ' · .. · . ·
' '(d) persons to fill the two seats in the Council of State allotted to the States . ·
eomprised in the .said Division shall. be, appointed, in· the prescribed manner by .
1
th~ persons appointed· under• phe prer.eding sub-paragraph to fill seats in· the
Federal Assemply: " . · .. , · ' .
Provided that, .so fong as three. of the nve seats in the Federal'A,ssembly l'.emain
unfilled, one of the two seats in the Council of State shall alsQ.. remain unfilled;
(e) seats in the Federal Assemb~y or Council of State .. 1·emafoil'.tg unfilled by
re&Son of the ,provisions of this paragraph shall '.be treated ' as seats remaining
unfilled for the' purposes of the lasp but one preceding paragraph. , .
l[This paragraph shall have effect as if the State of Khariiadhana had ,been .
included in fae Oen tr al Indi.?-Agency on the ·first day of · 'January nineteen· ·
hundred ana thirty-five.] · ... ' ; '' '• ' ' .. '
13., His '.Majesty in Council may by order vary the Table of Seats by transfer
ring any State from one group of States specified in column one or column th:ree
-0f
.that T11>ble to another
group of States specified in the same column, if he •
deerils it expedient so to do- . . . · / · .·· .
· · (a) with .a view to reducing the nu.mber of seat\'! which by i·eas.on of the non-
acce'ssion of a. State or States would. otherwise remain unfilled; or · · ' .. ·. . ·
' (b) with a view to associating in separate groups S,tates whose rulers do, itnd.
States whose rule.rs do not, des.ire to make appointments jointly instead of in
rotation, . · . · · . . . · . . · ''
and is satisfied that ·such variation will not adversely affect the rights and interest
-0f any State: , · . · · · . . • · • · . ·
, . P-rovided tliat a State mentione<l
1
in paragraph eight of this .·Part of this·
.Schedule shall not be t:ransfefred to another group unless the Ruler of the Staw
has agreed to relinquish the privileges
1
enjoyed by him under the said paragraph,
·. a.nd under paragraph nine. . · . .
. Where an order ·varying. the Table of Seats is made under this paragraph,
refo1·ences (whether expresJ3 or implied) in the £o1·egoing pit,ovisions of this. Fart.
of this Schedule to .the Table .shall be construed as references. to tne Table as "So
ivaried. .
14. ln so far as provisio:n in that behalf is not ma.de by His Majesty in Ooun
.
..cil,
the Go:vernor-Ge1ieral may in'.
1 his discretion make rules for carrying into .effect
· the proyisions .of this Part of thi13 Schedule and in. particular, but without pre-.
. jU:dice to the generality of .the foregoing . .words, with respect to:-' ·. . .
(a}. the times at which arid the manner in· which appointments .~r.e to be made,
the order.in which Rulers entitled to m!l,ke appointments in rotation are'to make
them. and. the date' from which appointments are to take effect;
·(b) the filling of casual vacancies in seats; . . . . .
(c) the decision Of dou'bts or disputes arising out of,or in connection with any,;
appointment; and . . , · ·
(d) the manner in w4iCh the rules are to .be carried into effect.
, In this Pa'rt of this Schedule the expression "prescribed" :rµeans prescribed by ,
His Majesty in Council or by rules made under this paragrapli. . . ·
15. For the purposes of sub~section, (2) of section fi,ve of this Act-- · .
(i) if the Rulers of at least· one-half of the State~ included in any groµp t.q
which one sea.t in the Council of State is allotted accede to the Federation, the·
Ilulers so acceding shaII be reckoned a,s being entitled together t,o choose
-. member of the Council of State; . . . · · . · ·
(i'i) if, of the Rulers b£ States included in the groups ~o be formed out of the
Starns comp'l'ised in Division XVI! of the Table of Seats, sufficient accede to. the
·Federation to entitle. them to ·appoint one member or two members of the
Federal Assembly, the Rulers so acoeding shall be reckoned as being entitled. fo
gather to choose one member· of· the Cou;ncil of State arid, if· sufficient accede to .
.entitle it.hem to appoint· three 01; more members of the Federal Assembly, the
Rulers so acceding shall be 1·eckoned as being entitled• together to choose 1:.wo
mcmber!l of the Oounoil of State; and
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,.,
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' -/ - ' '. . -' - <- -.-' . • : . -. ' -. . -" - - ·• -_. --.
(iii) .the P-OJ?Ulation of a St te sl:lan be tak.~n :t'b)>e the population 'ttrib'?-ted
iherefo rn column five d ·the T.able of St_lats or, i:I it .1s one.of the$tates comprised
in the said Division XVII ,of the Table, such fi-gures as the GovernorcGenera,l ma1
in hi~ discr~Hon determine,. and the tOtal population of the States-shal.i be taken
'to 1:}fi the· total population thereof as stated-a~ the end· of the Table~ , . . · ·.
TABLE' OF SEAT!f.
The Gounml of StaJt,e. and tke Fede.rat Assembly.
'llepreseiirta'tiv.es of In.~ S~ates.,. r
l,
states· arid
Group8 of Sta~.
1
,'Number
'of seiJ,ts in
Council 0£
-. State.
ll. .
States ari.d
Groups of S'tates •.
4.
Number
of seats
in.the
FederaV .
Assembly.
5.
---...:~---·
·-Hyderabad . . 16 14,43~,148
DIVISION. I. .
5 f Hyderabad , . >
. ::-
Mysore
•,
Kashmir
Gwalior·
Baroda
'Kalat
Sikkim.
i. Rampt.r(
2. Bena.res .•
1. Travancore
2. Cochin •
3. Pudukkottai
Banga:n&palle
Sandut .
1. Udaipur
2. .
3; J
4. B
·.'). Alwar
6. Kotah
7. Bharatpur.
8. Tonk .
9. Dholpt1r
10. Kai•auli
,11. Btmdi
/
I
l
DIVISION II.
f Mysore
DIVISION Ill.
'i
I Kashmil'
DIVISION IV.
3 I Gwdlior
3
.2
l
1
l
2
2
l
.2
2
2
2
l·
1
l
l
1
'.l
DIVISION V.
r· Baroda
I
DIVISION VI.
i Ka.lat .
I
DIVISION VII. ·'
! Sikkim·
I
DIVISION VIII.

1. Rain. p:ti_r
2: Benares
I
DIVISION IX.
. I 1. Travancore
I
' 2. .Cochin .
3. Pudukkottai
11
I Banganapall~
1 Sandur .
I
DIVISION X.
L .Udaipur
2. Jaipur .
3. Jod.hpur
4. Bikaner.
5. Alwar
6. Kotah
7.
8. Tonk
9. Dholpur
· Karauli
l'
10~ Bundi .
}
{
7·
4
4
3
& l
I
I
5
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1·
6,557,302·
3,64.6,243 .
_3,.523,070
2,443,007
342,101
109,808
465,225
391,272
5,095,973
1,205,016
,t00,694
39;213
13,l}83
l,566,910 2,631,775
2,125;982
. '12. Sirohi .
· 13. Dungarpur
14. Baruiwara •
1 .
L
Sirohi
'"
l l. Dungarpur .
~
l
936,218
749,'!51
685,804
486,954
317,360
254,986'
140,q25
216,722 -
216,528
,227;544
261 ,670
15.
Partabgarh
Jhalawar •
16. J aisa1mer .
Kishengarh
1
L 1
} l
· J?a.nswara
12. Partabgarh
Jhala.war
13. JaiSalmer
, Kishengarh .
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76,539
107,890
76,255
85,744

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Grw;~rnment of IndJa Act, 19$5 ... [2tfGF;~>. 5~·1 i.nw. ~· r
1.
5 •
. ' ·. 2 ... /t -. ', 3. ·· .... · ··. · .•..
...... ~-.._.;--~--....,,.:~~-.______-·_ .. -~·l--~--'-~1--,--~.;__-"'-.-·
DIVISION XI. .
4.
1. Indore . '
2. Bhopal .
3. Rewa
4. Datia
, 5. Orchha
6. Dhar
. 1: Dewas (Senior)
Dewas (Junior)
8. Jaora
Ratlim
9. Panna
·aamthar
Ajaigarh
10. Bijawa.r .•
Charkhari
.q;ihatarpur ·
11. Baoni
Nagod
Maihar .
Baraundha
12. Barwani .
. Ali Ra.jpur.
-Shahpura .
13. Jhabua. •
Sailana "
Sitamau
14. Rajgarh •.
· Narsingarh
Khilohipur
· 1. Cutcb
2. Idar. .
3. ,.Nawanagar·
4. Bhavnagar
5, Junagadh .
. 6. Rajpipla .
Pala.npur .
7. Dhrangadhra
Gonda! .
8. Porbl;lndar.
Morvi
9. Radha.npur
Wankaner
Palita.na
10. Cambay .
Dhara.mpur
,J>alasfoor .
11. Baria •
Chhota Udepur •
Sant . .
Luna.wada
12. Bansda
Sachin
Jawhar
Danta
13. Dhro!
Liu.tbdi·
Wadhwan
Jtajkot
1
1. Kolhapur
2. Sangli
Savantvadi
·a. Janjira'
Mudhol
Bhor.
l.
J
l.
1
l
1
1
l
1
1
1
1
1
l
l
1
• l
1
1
1
2
1
1
.,
1. Indore'
2. Bhopal
3. Rewa
4, Datia
Orohha
5. Dhar·
Dei\'.as (Senior)
Dewas (J.unior)
6 .• Jaora . . · ·
Ilatlam,
7. Panna
· · Samthar
· Ajaigarh
8. Bija.:wa.r
Charkhari ·
Chhatarpur
9. Baoni .
Na.god •
Maihar
.Ba.raundh:
10. Barwani
·Ali Rl'l,jp'ur
Shahpura.
11. Jhabua.
· Sailana
· Sita.mau.
12. ;Rajgarh.
, N arsingarla
Khilchipur
\DIVISION XII.
l, Cutch
2. Idar
3. Nawanagar ·
4. Blmvnagar
5. Junagadh
6; Rajpipla
Palanpur 1
7 .. Dhrangadhra ..
Gondal .
· 8. Porbandar
Morvi
9. Radfutnpur
vVankane.r
Palitana.
10; Cambay ·.
Dharamp\lr
Balasinor·
J
11. Baria
Chhota Udepur
Sant ' . .
Lunawada ·
12. Bansda
Saohin
Jawhar
Danta
Dhrol
Limbdi
Wadhwan
Rajkot
DlvisiON XIII.
1. Kolliapur
2 •. Sangli
' Savantvad~
3. Janjira
Mudhol
Bhor·
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1
2
I·
l
1
1
1
1
1
I.
l
1
1
l
l
1
l
1
l
1
1
1 .
l
l·
1
l,325,081>
729,955
1;587,44&
158,884
814,661
. 243,48()
83,821
70,513 .
100,166!
107,321 .·
212,130
33,307
85,895
115,852
120',35l
161-,267
10,132
.· 74,589'
68,901
16,071
141;no
101,963
s4,2sa
• 145,522
.·35,223·
281422
134,891
ll3,873
45,583.·.
()14,307
262,660.
409,192
500,274
. 545,152
206,114
264,179
88,961
205,846,
. 115,673
ll3;023
. 70,53(}
44,259
6.2,150 .87,761
112,031
52,52~
159,429
H4,640
83,531 ..
95,162: I
48,839-
22,107
57,2!}1
26,196-
?,7,639 .
40;088•
42,6Q2
75,540· 957,137
258,442
230,589·
110,379·
62,832
141,546

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4,. Jamkhandi .
Miraj (Senior)
.Miraj (Junior)
Kul'lllldwad
(Senior) ·
Kurruidwad
(JuD.ior}
5. Akalko£ ...., ..
Phaltan
.Jath
Aundh
Raindurg
1. Patiala • .
2. B!lhawalpuf
3 •. Khairprir .. ·
4. Kapurthala
5. Jind
6. Nabha
7. Mandi.
Biiaspur
·, ,•·
).
Suket ...
8. Tehri-Garhwal
Sirmur ··
Chamba
9; Faridkot .
Malerkotla.
· Loharu l
1. -Cooch Behar
2. 'J.'ripur0.1. · .,
Mahlp~r
1. Mayurbhaiij
S1;mepur ·
2. Patna
Kalahll.udi
3. Keonjhar .
·nhenkanal
~ayaga.rh , ~
Tale her
Nilgiri.
· 4. Gangpur · •
Bamr11>
Seraikela
Baud •
Bonai ·,
5. Bastar ·
Surguja
Ra.igarh .
Nandgaon.
J
?' }
l
.
.6. Khairagarh l
Jashpur . ·
Kanker }-
Korea . I
Sarangarh . J
States not m('ndon.ed
in any ·of the .pre
c~ding Divisions, I
but described in
paragraph 12 · of
this Part of thiu
Schedule. ·
,,.
l c
1
2
2
1
1
1
I
i
1
l
1
1
1
1
1
1
. 1
2
3;
DIVISION XIU-contd.
4 .. 'Jamkbandi /,·. .. ·
Miraj (Senior).
Miraj {Junior)
Kurundwad (Senior)
. :Kurundwad (Junior)
·· t>: · Akalkot · ·
Phaltan.
Jath .
Auridh .
Eamdurg
J)
1
v1s1o:N XIV.
'l. Pati.ji,la .
. 2; Bah~walprir ..
3. KhJ!,irpur . .
4. KapU:rthala
5.-Jind .
6. Nabha . .
7. Tehfr-Garhwal
8. Mandi . ·
.Bilaspur.
Suket ·
· 9; SiYmur .
Chamba
10; Faridkot
Malerkotla
Loharu ._
.DIVISION XV.
I
1. Cooch Behar
. 2. 'I.'ripura .
.3. Manipur.
DtvisION xvt.
I
. 1. Mayurbhanj
2. Soneprir.
3. Patna .
4 •. Kalahandi
5. Keonjhar .
6. Gangpur
7. Ba.star .
8. Surguja.
9. Dhenkanal
layagarh
Seraikela
Baud
Talclier .
Bonai
Nilgiri .
Bamra· .
10. Raigarh
Khairagarh
Jashpur
Kanl~er ..
Sarangarh
Korea
· N.andgaon
DIYISION x:vrr.
•.
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States not mentioned in
any of .the preceding
Divisions, but describ
ed .in paragraph 12 of··
this Part of this Sche
dultJ.
.1
2
1
1
l
1
1
1
.1
1
1
1
1
1
l.
l
1
1
1
1
l
1
3 ' .
3
5
' (CH. 2,.J
/ J
5 •.
114,270··
93,938.
40,684'·
44,204
39,583 ..
92,605··.
58,761
91,099'
76,507
35,454 · ..
1,625;520
984,612
227;183
316,757.
324,676:
287;574
349,573
. 207,465.
100,994
58,408
. HS,568
146,8'10.
' 164,364
.•
83,072' 23,338'.
!>90,880.
382,450
445,606.-
889,603
237,920
. '566,924
513;716
460,609
356.,674
524,72~
501,939.
284,326.
142,406
143,525-
135,248
69,702.
80,186
68,594
151,047
:m,1>69·
157,400
193,698·
136,101
128,967 .•
'90,886.
182,380'·
1[3,047 ,129],
Total popu:Iation of the States in this Table : 1(78;996,844]
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.. SEQOND SCHEDULE.
(Section 6,)
i!Prtovrn10Ns' OF THIS Ao:r WRICH 'MAY ,BE AMENDED W.ITHOU'r AFFEo:r1N;G THE Abo&ssioN
. . . OF A. StrATE.
·,
Part 1.-In so far 'as it relates to t;he Commander-in-Chief. .
Pa1·l II,·. chapter II.-:-Save. with · res11ect to ~he exerci~e by' the Goveri;10r
;:General on
behalf
of His Mal esty of the executive authonty of' the Federation,
A:tnd 'the definition of the. functions. o:f the ()overnor-Genenal; the executive au tho-.
. Pity of the l\'<~qeration; the functions of the council of ministers, and the choos·-·
ing and summoning of minister!! and their tenure of office; the power of . the
·Governor-General to decide whether he is entitled to act in his discretion or .
·exercise . his individual j ;idgment; the functions of . the Go'vern?r:qeperal with
respect to external , a:ffiurs and defence; the special responsibilities of _.the .
'Goverrim-Genei•al relating to ;the peace (Ir trJJ,nquilljty of · I.ndia. or any .P~nt
'thereo,f, the finai,w;ial stability and cr~di~ of 'the:~ederal Q{ivernment,. the rights
o~ Inqia11 States and the r.ights an~ d115mt;v of ~Jleir R;ilers, and t~e d1sch~r~e ~f
his funct10ns by or under the Act m ·his discretion or m the exercrne of his md1-
vidual judgment; His Majesty's Instrument of Xrn;truritio:ns 'to th~· Q:overnor-..
General ; the superintendence of the Secretary 9f State; a:nd the makmg of r~Ies.l
:ny the Governor-<'leneral in his discretion for the tra1isact1on .?f, ~nd .the securmg
, of transmission to him of inform~tion with respect·to, the business of the Federa;l
~Government. . · . · .
. Par.t II, chapte1· I.JL-Save with respect to· the nuinber. of the representatives
.of ·British. India ·and ()f the Indian S~ates in the Council of State .and the, Federal
· Aasembly and the manner in whjch the representati.:Ves of the Inaian States .are.·
.. to be chosen; the disqualifications for membership of a Chamber. of the Federal
· Lcgislatul'e in relation to the represeritati.ves of the States; the procedure for tlie
intro..duction and. passing of BUls; joint sittings of the two Chambers; the assent
to Bills, or the withholding assent from Bills, . by the Governor-General; the
rese\'vation ·of Bills for the signification· of· His Majesty's pleasure;. the annu.al
.. financial statement; the charging on the revenues of the Federation of the salaries, '
allo:warices and pensions. payable to or in i·espect of judges of the Feeler al Oourt,
.oi expenditure for the purpose of the di,scharge by the Gpvernor-Gen~ral . of .his .
functions wi,th respect to external affairs, defence, /'l.,rtd the administration of anY
tenitory in the direction and control of which he ii! requirel:l to act in .his dis-.
·ilretion and of the sums payable to His Majesty .in respect of the ·expenses in
curred in discharging the functions of. the 0rown in its dlation.s ·with Indi;i,n ·
.States; the procedure with respect to estimate::; and demands for gr'ants; suppl'e
•mentary financial statements; the making of rules by the Governor-General fm:
re'gulating. the procedure of, and the. conduct of business in the Legislature .in
relation to mattei·s where he acts in his discretion or · exercises hil:! individual
. judgment, and for prohibiting th~ discussion of,. or the .asking of questions .on, .
. any matter ronnected with Qr the personal conduct of' the Ruler or ruling family ' .
. of any Indian State; the making of rules by the Governor-General as to the pro-..
cedure with respect to joint sittings of, an.d comrriunicatioi;:is between, ;the ~wo ..
·chambers and the \Protection of: judges of the Federal Court and State High
Courts 'from discussion in the Legislatµre of. 'their conduct.
PMt II, chapter 1V. -Save with respect to .the power of the Govel·nor-Genera.l
to promulgate ordin.ances in his discretion or in the exel'cise ·of .his individual
j ndgment, or to enact Governor-General's Acts. I ·
Part Ill, chapter 1.-The whole dhapter. .
P!urt III, cha,pter .IL-Save with respect to the speri'<J.l respon':'ibilities of tbe
"Governor relating to the .rights of .Indian States and .the riglits and dignity ·Of
the Rulers thereof and to t.he ef{ecution of orders or directions of the Gove·rnor~
General, and the .superintendence of the Governor-General in relation to those
··responsibilities. · ·
Part Ill, chnpter JJJ...~Save. with respect to the making of rules by the
:Governor for prohibiting the discussion of, or the asking of qu'estions on, any ·
.matter oonnected with or 'th\" personal conduct of the Rulet or ruling family of
,n.ny Indian State, and the protection of judges of the Federal Court and State
:.High Courts. from d.iscussion in the J:egislature of their conduct.. .
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·. (26 G~o. 5 & 1 EDW: .. 8. J ·Government pf India 'A.ct, 193$.
· Part Ill, 'chapter iV.-The whole chapwr: ·
.. · Pm·t Ill, chapter V,c:._',fhe. whole chaptef: ..
· Tart Ill, chapter Vl.-'Ihe whole chapter.: . . . .
Part IV.-,-'J,'he whole f'art. ·.. . . . ,. . . . . . . . · . · .· . ·
. · Pi;i,rt V, chaptei· I.~Save with .respect to .the power of the-Federal Legislature·· .
. 'to make laws foz a ~tate; the p~w~r of t~e Goverilor~General to elf:P\'lwerJ><eit~er
the Federal Legislature or ,Provincial Legislature to enact lli law with respect w
any matter not enumer.ated in any of the Lists in the S~v.eilth Sc4edule to this ·
A:ct;
any. power of.
a St.ate to repeal a Federallaw ;' and th~ effect o.f .l:nconsisten~
mes between a ·Federal law a:ud· a State law.·· • · · ·· · · ·
Pa>rt V, chapte1· Il.-Save with respect . to the previous i\al"1ction of the·
Governor-General to the, introduction or moving qf ariy·Bill or afuendment ~ffimt-·
ing mapte:i:s .as respects whi~h the Governor-General is required·1Jo-a:ct in. hi,;,
dis{Jretion; the power of Parliament to legislate for, British lndi.a-or ari.l':. part.
' thereof, ··or the• r~stri,ctio,ns oh the power of the Federal Legisl~tU:re an_d .of ];>ro· .
vincial Legislatt~res to make laws on certaii,i matter&. · . . . .,,.. .... ..,. ... ~ .. ---·· ....
. Part iv, chapter Ill.-The whole cha.pter. . , . . . .· .
Pa.rt Vl.-Save .in so far as the provisions of that "Part reiate to I Indian·
States, or empower the Qovernor-Generalto iaime orders to the Gove,n.or of a,. · ·
Pr~wince tor preventing any grave. menace to the peace or tranquillity 'of India or . ·
any· part .there.of. . ·. . . . .. ' ' . ' ' . ' .. ·
1 Part VII; cl:ft¥:Pter J:..~fo so far as it relates fo Burma.. .· · .. ' .·. . ··
.. ··Part VII, chapter JJ._.:Save with respect to loans and gup.r:ante.es to Fedei'.Sited,
.. St:i.tes. and the ~ppo"i:i1tment, removal and conditions of service of ,the. Auditor-
Oem~re.l. · . ·· : · . . . ; . . , . . . .·· .
. • . Part Vzt; r;hapter lll.-Save in so :far as it affepts suits _ag,inst .the Fed~ra;.-
tion by a Federated State. · . . . . · ... · · ·.· . ··
. . Pci?'t Vfll . .:_,_Save with. respect to the. constitutfon· &nd . fu!\ctions of the .
Fede.ta] Railway Au,thority;. the c<;>nduct of business between, the A\itl].ority.;i.J;):d.~ ·
the Fedpral G-Overnµ;iel)t, and the Railway Tributu l a11d any matter with resp:e~IJ-
·to ·which' it ha~ jurisdjdtion. · , · . . ''·· · ... ·· .. ·•
· · Pm·t IX, chapter l.-'-J;n so far .a.s it relate-s .to appeals to .. the Fede.ta.I O-Ourt(
fr,om High Courts ill British lridia; the· pow.er. of the Federal Legisla.ture to. .
. confer furt"b,et powers upon the Federal. Court for the pur,pol!e ()i enabling it;
more e~ectively to exercise the powers conferred. upon it by this Aet. ' . . .
Part IX, chapter. Il,;--Th,e whole chapter~ . " · .
Pa1·t X.--Save with respect to the _ eli15,P>ility of Rulers and aubj~ts. -0£
· Federated States for civil Federal offi.oo. · · · ' · ·
Part Xl.-The whole"' Part.
Part. X~I.~Sav~ with .respect .to the .efaTI.~g':i'or r~ghts .and ob~i~tions. ()f t{le"
Crown in its relations 'w1th · lndiap. States; the use of His M.a3esty's forces 1n.
connectiQ'n with the discharge o:i' the functions of. the. Cr'own in its saicf relli.tions;.
'the limitation in relation· to 'Federated States ·of His Majesty's power to adapt;·
and modify existing Indian laws; . His Majesty's powets .and jurisdiction fa
Federated States, and. resolutions 6f llie Federal Legislature or any Provincial
· I..egislatui:e_ reoonuneriding arnendmen_ts. of this _Act or Orders in. Cou!J.cil made,
· t,hereunder; and save also·· the. provisions relating to .the' interpretation of thfa•.
Act so far as they apply to provisions· of this Act which m~y not · be· amended\'
withotit.
affeu~ing the: accession. cl! a State.
. ' . .
/
Part XlIL-'l'he ..
whole Part. ·. . .
. Fitrst ·. S.ckedule. 7 Th~, whole Sche.dule, except Part II ~her~of.
·Tl~ird S.chedule.-The whole Schedule. . . . . .
Fourth. Sched1ile.-Save with respect. to the oath or .affirmation to be taken or· ..
made by the Ruler 9r subject· cif an Inqian State.
. Fifth Schedule . .....:The whole Suhequ1e. ·
Si::tth Sched11-le.-The .whole Schedule. ,/. . .
Se'IJentkJJched'Ule.-Any e,titry .in the tegisl'ative tists in so fai· a.a the matters.
to which. it rel.ates have riot •beei1 a~cep·ted by ·t?:e State in qul'istion as matters .with::
respoot to which the Federal Leg1sla£ure . may: make Jaws for that St~te.. ·
E1'.ghtl• Schedule.-,.The whole Schedule. '
Ninth Sched1tle • ....:.Th~ 'whole S'chedule.
Tenth .• ~cl;e1b;.le..-The whole Schedule.
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'
i
I,
;f~. 2.]· Covernmint of I'n<iia Act, 1935: ·[26. GEo.· 5>& 1 E.~·w .. 8:]
. T~.IRD. SCHEDULE,
. . . ' . .
J>Rov1.s10Ns As TO GovsRNO:R-GENERAL AND Gov~RNoil.s ·OF PaovI<NCES.
i. There sha.11 be paid .to the Governor-Genetal and to~ the· ~overnors of· the.
~Provinces the following .a.nn;ual sala~it~s, that. is to say::_;_ , . . · - ..
'' '
. ~~= g~~=~:~~-~e:~as -: , . . i . .. . .· . .
1
.
250,800 i·upees. .
,
The. G(Jvernor of Bombay . . , . . . • . .
The G.overtior of Bengi!il • · , . · . · [·.I.·~. o .. ·'.000 rupees.
The Governor of tl:ie Ui\ited Provinces
·The Govern-Or Or t~e ~unjab , • ·-. ~n , 100,000 rupee~.
·The Governor of Bifili,:f . , . • • · J ··. . ·
·The Qovi,rnor of Central Provinces and Berar .• · ·72,000 ~ees. ·
The Governor of Assam • ' · · · · · • · •· ·
/ ·1 · ,. · .·
'The Govern<'r ofthe North-West Frontier.
Province · · ·
'.fhe Qovetjl.or of Orissa . ' . , . "' · .. · . . .. ··. . . '.>-. . 66,000 rupees,
The GOvernpr of Sind j
2, There . shall be paid to: the . Qovernor-Genera.l ~nd t,0 the Govern~n:s ~ueli
.;;ll.llowancew for expenses in respect of equipment and·travelling upon a.ppoilitmel;l.t
. ,
.and
such allowances during their. terms of i:dlice as-may ftom· tim,e to time .be:·
:fixed
'by His .Ml).jesty in CounCil; an«;!. such
provision: ~hall. pe 'lUa.de foot". en:~bling "
the Governo:r•General and the . Governors to discharge "conveniently a.nd . with
dignity the . duties of thei:i: offices as may be determined by }{is :M:ajilsty in
'·Cbunci1 · · • · · · · · · · ' · ··.. . • . ·
.. 3. While the Governot-;General or a, Governor fa abl>!'lrit on•lea.ve: .he shall , in
lieu of his ·sa.iary be entitled tQ such lea.ve allowance as m.a.y be jixed by lli•
¥a.jesty in Council. . , . . ··· .. · · · · -. . . · · • .. . • .
·, . 4
•. There shall
be gran'ted to· .and 'in, respect . of the G.lverno:i;-Gen,er-.1 ~4 . ·the'
. "Qovernor of every Province such customs privileges a.s may be specitted by Ord~.:r
.. in. .O!>UJlciL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I>• WhUe any. pe.:rso:ri !1-P~oii-.ted by His <~ajesty; V> ,a.ct as Goverrior-Ge11er11,-J:~r ,
~ ~ Gmer,por is so acting, he "Shall be entitled to t4e same sa.la.sy ~nd, .,ve r.ts
may he otherwise p;r()vided by .His Majesty in Council, the ;sam,e 'allowi,i.nces .. a.iid
~privileges a.s .the Governor-General or that Governor. . . . . ..
· e: .Any sums i·equir\'l(,i tq·giv,e effect to the pr()visi()n's of this Schedule shall;;
: iii the case of the ·Governor-Generil.l or l!-J?e1·~on. ac~ing. as: such', ~e paid out ( .
.and charged on the reve.nues of· the Federation ,and,· 11:1 th.e case of a. Governo:r .or · ·
.l;lf p.erso.n acting ·as i'\Uch,. be' .paid out o1 .and chil,rged on the revenues of th_e," ..
' _.Provinl,lO a • ' . ' . • ' . • ' .
• , . • t
;·· ..
· FOURTl,I S,OHEDVLE.1 ·
I . .
(Seetions 24, 67, 200, 2i0.)
Fo:i:t~.s OF; OATHS o:a AFFIR)t,ATIONs.
' ' ' ' ·. . . l. ' ' '' .. ' '
. Form of oath 01' a.ffirmation tO be. taken' .or ma.de by ~. :men'.!cber .of ·a. ~gis.lature ·
-who is a. British subject:-· · . . , · .·. . · ·• · · . ~
. "I, A. B., h1wiJ1g. been elected [or. nominated or a.ppointe.9.L a member of this .
·Council [or Assembly], do solemnly swea.r [or .a.fi).rm] .that J«will be faithful a.nd, /
bea.r true allegiance to· His Ma.jesty."the King, Emperor of India.
1
His heirs ;i.nd . ·
· successors,
and
that I will faithfully discharge the duty. 'upon which I am about
·to enter.""· ' · · ·
. & '
· · Form of o~th or affirmation to be taken or made by a member of a. Legislature
who. is the Ruler of ~n Indian State:~ · · · . · . ·•. · . _ · ..
"I;. A. B., havi.ng .been elected [ 01· nominated or appointe9,J a member of thiil
:Council [or Assembly], {jp solemnly swear [or. affir:m] that I will be f~:ithful and
bea:i' true allegiance ·in my capacity as Member pf thi'! Coµncil [or Assembly] to
His Maj_esty the King, Emperor .of India, His heirs· and successors, a.rid that J
will faithfully discharge the duty upon which J am about j;o enter."·
1
This .Schedule oome i~to force on the lat AJ.lril, 1937, under p~ra. S, Q, ofI. (0, T. Prov.). 0
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{26GEO. 5 & 1 Ei>w: 8.] ·Government ojlndia .Ad, 193S. · [CH. ~-l
. . . ·. 3. . ,, .
. Form .of oa.th or a.filrination to be-tak.en or made by a member of a: L!'gislatu~e ·
·. 'Who is a subject of the Ruler o~ an Indian State:.,.:... " . . · · · , .
. · .
"I,·
A.B., having been elected [or nomin.Lted or a.Ilbointed]. a. ·member of tbh.
· . Council [01· 4ssembly],· dn solemnly swear [or affirl.ll] that saving the faith and
allegiance . which 'I owe to· O.D., his heirs and·. successors; ';I will 'bl} faithful and
>bea1-, true allegiance in my capacity as Member of this Council [or :A118etnbly] to
His Majesty the King, EmperQ-r of Indi.a,-His'heirs· .and succei;sors, 'f.nd t~t I
'Wilt fa_ithfully, 'discharge the duty upoh. yirhich l ~m. about to enter~" ; ,, .
' . 4 •
. Form cif j-\1dicial oath . ~r affirmation to \e taken \or made by a. British
·,<Subject:_... . . · .
"I, .A.B., having.been appointed Chief Justice [or a Jtidge] of the
«Jourt do solemnly swea.r [or ,affirm] that I will ht:l ~~ithful .·and· bear true
:allegiance to His Majesty tlie King,-Emperor of India, His heirs a.nd successors
· a.nd that I will faithfully perform the duti'es o.£ my office to the best of my
.ability, 'knowledge and dudgment." . · , . , · ·
. , ' . ·' . . 5.' . . , . , .
, Fol'm ofjudici~l oath or affirmatfon to be ta.ken or ma.de by .a;· subject of tht.'
Ruler of an Indian State;- . ~ ·' · .·. .. . ·
"I, A.R,. h1;1ving been appointed Chief Justice [or' a judge] of the · : ..
<Court dQ solemnly swear [or affirm] .that s~ving the faith and allegiance w:bioh.
l owe to C.D.; .his heirs an& successors, l will be fa.ithful and ·bear true allegiance
in my judicial capacity to Hfs Ma;jesty the King, E.mperol' ·of India, His be,irs
:and sliccessors, and that. I will faith'tully perform .the duties o~ my dftli,ie to the
ibest of my ability, .knowledge and judgment." ·
, . . . ' ~r ·. ' ~ .
FIF'!'H SCHEDl,JLE.1 .
, (S.ecti~n ~l.)
' · OoxPosilll'10lf, op P&ov1N'o1AL L:Jro.IsLATtJW.
. . · .· · · .. ·· .. · Gen,eral gµplifica.tio-n for Memberihip, ..
1. A p~r11on s\1,1.11. no:t be. qualified to be chosen to. fill. & · sea.t in ,a. Provi.qci&l
. Legislat.ur~. unless he- ·.·. . . : . · .· · . . . . , .
; ·{a) ia '" British· subject or tM ltuler. or. a. subj ec~ of ~n Indian Sta~ w:hich has
acceded .to tJie Federation, or, if it. is /so p;rescribed with resp~ct to· a.ny · Provj.n~, ·
·~he Ru!er !Ir a. subject '°f ~!"f p~escribed ,Ind~aJl. Sta.te; a.nd, .· · , . ·.
, . {b) 11:1, tn. the case of a se11it i,n a.· Leg1sla.t1ve Asse'Inbly, n9t. l~~,Jh.a.n tw~p,t.1~
five years of. a.ge, and in the ,c&se ot a. seat bi a Legisfatfve Oouneil, ~<>t lii!l!I th•f.l'' ·
tb,irty years of ige ; a.nd · . · · . ' . . · · · ' . •· · ·. . . .· .
. (c) possess.es such, if a.ny, of the other qualiftc{l.tion1111pecifted in, or .preJ(lril>e<l
under; this S.ehedule as may be a.ppropri.ate in his· case. · : · · · . . .
!~ Up~n tb,e e:!tpira.ti~n of the term for which he is chosen to !lerve as ·,_ mem
be;1' pf a 1 Provine~11ol Legislature, a. !l,erlion, if otherwise dµly: qualified, 1:1hall ~
iehgible,.to be chosen to serve for a t'urther term. · . _ ·
· Legislative. Assembliea.. · · · · .. , .. .,
· 3. The .allocation of seats in. Provincial Legisla.ti ve · AssemblieA, shall he · all
11howh in the relev:ant Table of Seats appended to this Seliedule. · . · .· ·
4. In _the Legislative Assembly of each Province specified·' in the first colu~n
·of the Table of Seats there shall be the' numbf,'lr _of seats !Jpecitied in the se'cond
column opposite· to thn.t Province, iuid of th'ose seats- · ·
' . (i) the number specified in the tliird coli:tmn. .shall }ie general seats, of which
ihe number specified in the fourth column shall be' reserved fOi,. members of the
·scheduled castes 'and, in bhe case of Bombay seven shall be reserved for
Maratbas; · • · . · ·
(ii) the mimbers. specified in the next ten columns shall be· the .numbers .of
.·seats t;o be filled b_Y ·persons chosen to represent respectively~( a) backw11rd areas
and. backward tribes; (b) the Sikh community; (c) the Muhammadan com:
,mumty: (d) t~e .Anglo~Ini:li:ap' <JGmmunity; (e) the European oommunitf; (/)
·the India.11; Christian commmuty; (g) the interests o1 commerce, industry. mining
and planting; (h) landholders; (i) universities; and (fj .the interests of labour:
· ~and ·. ·
mau:oum"' ca.me int
0
0 force on the 1st April; 1937 under pa.ra. 3, G. of I. (C.'l'. P.rov:) O. _
133

'tea:.~·] ' a;,,V(!1'n1]1;_<:lrtt of bidia Act,,19:35.; [26 GEO •. ~ & 1 Enw:'s,.1~
(m) t~e p,.~rdbers specif:ad in the. last five' colull'.lns shall be .the numberts 'oi·
s11ats (bemg .iuther ~en.eral seats, Sikh i>eat&,. Muhammadan seats, ~ngla-Iridian
s~ts or Indian Ohr1st1an seats) 1reserired for women; · · · · · . ·
'
'.l,'~~~;~:r~unja;b
one of $e 'land.~ol:iers' sea~ shall ~e.1a. seat to be t}.lfod by a,_ :
· 5; A Provin~, e:l!.'.cfosiv~ of apy J?Ortion ther~of ~hfoh):l}s Majesty in, Council
may deen;i unsuitable for incl,usi.ol!-m ll;ny const~tue;icy or . i1?-any .constitu.ency ·oi:
imy yarticular class, ,shall be divided mto .. territoria.l constituencies-
(~! for ·the, electr?x;t of ,persons to "lm the general seats; '
(~;! for the election of persons to fill the Sikh seat&, if any; ·
~~11). for .the elec~ion .of ,persons to fi,11 the Muhammad.an seat~;
(1v) ·for the elect,10n pf persons to fill the Anglo-Indian seatS . if. any;
:(v) for the election of porsons to fill the Europe~n seats, if any; .and· ·
. (vi) e~cept in the c~se of Bihar, for the elootion of .persons :to fill the Iiidi&~-
.· · ,.Ohristi!J;n s~ats, H ii-DY; .. · . , . , . . . ·. ·
· ·· or, ~f a.s respect~·any class of constituency it is so.,;, prescribed, ma.y form 0
n~ .
·territorial constituency.· . ·... . 1 • · · ·.·· ... ·· . . ·. . , .
1
' ·
•. •
In the case of ell-ch such class of constituency as aforesaid the. total number"
of seats available shall be' distr,ibuted b,etwee.n the constituencies by; the assign:-'
n:ient. of one or more of tliose seats to each constituency.. . · ' ·· · . ·. ·
6. The 'required number of general seats J;O be reserved for members of the·.'
·
'• ·
scheduled castes, and; in the Proyince ·of ·Bombay for Marathas, shall be ·reserved
by reser;viug.for members of those cast;es o:r, !l;& the case inay be, {or M'.arathas ona·
or mor·e scats in each of so many o:li the generaLterritoriii.l constituencfos as ~ay·
be ·neces§ary, so, however, that in each s:ucli. constituency tl;iere shall be at least
. one unreserved seat.· · · . · . · . · . . . . · · · . ·, < · ·
7. In a province in.. wlµt>li any general seats .are reserved .fo,r members of the
scheduled castes, all 1llembers of those 'cas.tes \Vho are,entitled to vote,.in a .con
stituency in which any seat is so reserved shp.ll be entitled to tak\l part .in a. .
primary election4held ,for .the purpoae of electing four candidates for each se&t.
so reserved .. and no member of those castes not elected as .a candidate at su<ih ~n
election shall be qualified to hold-. . ·', · · ' . · _ .
(a) a seat'so reserved inJhat constituency; '' ·. ' '' .· ,'
(b) if it is so prescribed .as respects that Province, any seat in _tha.t consti-
tuency. . · · · . · '. . . ,
. In relation to bye--eieetions this .paragi·aph shall have effect with. such·.adapta-''
tioTta and .modifications ·as inay be pre13cribed. · ; . · · ·· ·· ·.
·. 8°' The persons to :fill the· ,seltts specified in columns :fifteen to nineteen of' t]l•' ·
Table
of. Seats as . sea ta. to ·be filled
by women shafl be chosel), in territorial .. oo.n-'
stituenciea, which shall ;be either.::_ · ' · '
((t) constituencies formed under iparagraph fi~e of this Schedule; or
•(lJ) oonstituencies ··. specially .formed for .the,. purpose ·of' ele(#n~ ~omen,
members · · · · · . · · · · . · . . .
9. Th~ provisions of the t:{ixth Sche9.ule to this Act J>hall have effElct ·. wffu;
respect to the persons w,l:io .are entitled to vote at elections in. the' territorial cqn-
stitu~ncieB DH}ntioned in paragraphs five and ,eight of . this Schedule. .
10. In a Province' ~n which any seats are to be .filled .by representatives of
backward are.as or bp.ckward' tribes, representatives of commerce, ind~try,
i;pi~in!{ .. and planting, .represeti~atives of iandholders, representa~ives. of
um:ver.s1tu~s or, represe)}tatrves of Jabour, persons· ~to fill those ·Seats, and m Brhar
the person to J:Ul the . Indian Oh:risti~n sea,t, shall be chosen in such m.&nner as.
may be prescribed : · · . · . · ' ·. . . · . . . .
Provided that in a. Province .in which any.seats· are to be filled by representa
tive!!
.o£
backward areas or back,ward tribes some or all.of those seats m~y, if it ·
is· SO prescribed, be treated ·in ;the preaeribed' manner as additional general ilea.ts: I·.
to be reserved for representatives of such area.s ~or tribes. .
. il. Jn thf) Punjab the landholder's seat to be filled by a Tumandar shall he
a.ssigned to such constituency as may be· p,rescribed. . ·
· 12. A per1;1on l[shall not be quaHfied fo be chosen to :fil,1 a seat] in the Legisla-
tive Assemblv of a Province unless- . .. · . , ,
·· (a) in the case of a. seat to be filled by a w,Oman, by a European, 'by a.n .Indian
Christian, by a representative of backward areas or l;iackw,ard tribes, by a re'pre-
. ~ - . . ' ' , -. . -' -'
· ~Subst. SclL Pt. :J, the Indi~·and Burma (M:iscellaneous Amendments) A~t; 1940 (3 & 4.
Geo. 6, oh. 5.) , · · . -
134
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_ ....... _
,•
[26 GEo, 5 ,& 1 Emv~ $..] ' Gpv)m11~6~t· oflridia 'A:ct, 10(j5.. '•,•.'' [CH. 2:] "-'
.SentaMve ·0£ fomli:lerc:e, · indust~y, mining and. plartt1ng, py a _repf.~~nva?-ve ·Ot ·
· universities or l,>y arepresentative of labour, h_e possesses s_µc}i qua.hficatwns as
· rna,-y be prescribed-; and · · ·. . ... ·. . ·. . . .. . .
(b)ih: the ci:tse of: 1tny other seat, 'heis ent~tl~d to vote .in .th~ choi?,e .. of a.
iQ'.!~mber. to fin that seat or any otl1er seat. of !:!> snml'l:!'t class il;l that,..Prov1nce.
·
Legislative G ounci'&t,.
13. The allocation o:f seats in th!'l Legislative Councils. of Pro:Vinces having ~
such Councils shall be as shown. in the relevant-Table pf Seats appended to this
.S9hedufo. .• . . . . ' · · , . . · ·.·· .. · ·. · . . . ...
• 14. In the Legislative Council of each Province specified in the. first column of .
the Table of ,.Seats there shall be the. numl,>er .of seats·. specified in the second .
'°olumn opposite to that Province, and of those seats- .
(a) the nuiqber, specifi13d in the third <30lumn shall.be general seatr; . .. · .
. (b) tP,e .numbers speciiled jn the fo11rth, fifth and sixth columns sh.all be: seats
to .b,ti. filled by persons c}iosch .to represent re~pectivelr ~he Muh~.m1!1a!l.an ~m:
.mumty, ~e European community and the Indian Christian comn;mmty; . ·
(c} 'the number specified .in the seven:th colu:Qin shall be seats ~ be fille<L 'by
persons elected l:iy the members of the Legislative Assembly of the Provi}fc!:l in
accflrda.nce with the system' of proportional representation by means of the single
.. _ transfer!Jible vote; and . . · · · · _ · ' · · ... · .
· (d) ihe-. number specified in the eighth column . shall be seats fo be fil1ed PY
pers0p:s chosen £y the· Governor in his discretion: · .. · .· · · · _ ·
. 15. A Province, exc~usive of any p9rtion thereof whicli, His Maje1;1ty iii.Council
may. deem tlnsuitable for· inclusion in any constituency or in any constituency of
~my particular class, shall. be divided into territorial constituencies-· --
(i) ·for the purpose of electing persons te fill the general seats; ·
-(ii) for the purpose .of electing persons to fill the Muhamm~da,n seats;·
(iii) for the purpose of electing persons to fill the Eu,ropean seats; .
. . (iv) for_.tthe purpose of electing persons to fill the Indi:an Christ~an: sea,ts, if .
:any, .. · . . ,,,. . . . , . . . ,
or, if as respects any Qlass of constituency it. is .so prescribed, may _form on.e
territorial constituency; . ·. .· . . · · · ... r
In the case of. each such class of constituency as aforesaid the total num~er of
'Seats .avaifable l'Jhall be, distributed between the constituencies by the 8.'SSignmint
-of one or more' of those seats to eacl:r constituency. . . · · .. · .
llL At an election in .a constitlienQy to fill a general seat, persons entitled to
vote iii a Muhammadan constituency, a European::-0on~ituency, \.o!, \!>n Indian -
·
Christian consti.tuency shall
not be entitled-to vote.. _ · ·
. · In the case of a Muhammadan cqnstituency, a European constiti,iency, or. ·air
Indian' Christian cO.nsti'tuency no pers.on shfi,11 be ,entitled to ,vote who is not, !;LS
. the case may be, a M uha.mmadan, a European, '9r an Indian Christian.. ,
l't.
'Ihe
qualifications entitling a person to vote i~ territorial· constituencies at
. elections of :inembers Of a Provindal Legislative Council, and the qualifications-·
to. bi possessed by members oJ such Counct!s, shall be .such as may be .prescribed.
, . 18. The term of office of a member of the Legislative Council of a Province,
· other thari a member c}l.osen to fill a casual vam.1.ricy, shall be nine years, but upon
the first constitutio"h of the Council :the Governor in his discretion shall mal!'.e by
-order such provision as he. thinks fit, by curtailing the term ,of office of some of
, the. members then chosen, . for securing that, as· nearly as may· be, one-third Qf ·
: th-3 members h~lding ·seats of each class shall' retire in every third year thereafter.
· A member. chosen to fill .. a casual vacancy shall be chosen to serve for 'the .
remainder of his predecessor's term of 'office ..
·General
. 19. In the foregoing. provisions of this Schedule t.he following 'expressiol}-s
h~ve the meanings hereby._ assigned to them, that, is to say,:_ ' ' '
. -"a European,:" "an Anglo-Indian,"
7
'an Indian Christian" and "the
schedaled"castes" have the .same meapfogs respectively as they have in Pa,rt I of
the First Sche~ule to this Act; .. · .· · · . .. . ·
"backwara areas" and "backward tribes" mean . respectively such areas· and
trib;>s as His Majesty in Council may from time to Mme declare to· be areas and
t1·ibe~ to which a special system of rnpresentation is more appropriate; and
"'prescl'ibed" means prescribed by His Majesty inc Council or, so far as regards
any matter which under this Act the Provincial Legislature or the Governor .
135

[CH. 2,] Government of lndi~.Act, 1935 ... [26 Glllo. 5 ~1 Enw.Ji] ·
·- ( - . --• . . - - . . ' . : -. - ~ ,-·.--. . ~ ' ,_, --." .
· · are.competent to regulate, preseribed by !J,n Act of that Le15.;islature or ~y a rule
· inade under the next· succeeding paragraph~ . . • ·. . . · · .·
· 20. In so far. as proviSion with i·efl{lect to;. any matter is riot made by this Act
~.or by His Majesty ,in Council or, after the constitution of the Provincial Legisla.
tura; by Act of thai) Legislature (where the matter is one with respect to which
tnat Legislature is competent to make laws), the Governor, exercising his indiv.i-.
dual j ndgiµent, may ID!J,ke. rtllea for carrying into effect the· foregoing provisions .
· · of this Seiied:nle and the provisions of the Sixth Schedule ·and securing the due
c:mstitutioi1 of the :Ptovincial Legislat1tre and in p!ticuJar, but with,0:11t .. pre:
judice to the generality Qf the foregofo.g words, with respect to_:_ · ·. .· · . ·.·
· ~ .· .. (i) the notification of vacancies, including casual vaO-ancie.s{ a.nd the proeeed-
ings to be taken .for 'filling .vacancies; · · .1 . . · · · · .
.. "-..:,
(ii) tlie nomination of candidates; , . ··.... •· . . . . . '
~ . (iii) the cp:pduct of elections, inchiding the application to. elections .of the
principle of 'w:opdrtiona,l representation.by meansot the·i:;lngle.transferable yote.,
arid tlie rules to regul11te elections 'wher.e ;, cer:tain of the seats to .be filled are
reserved for members of the scheduled classes, or in the · case of· 'Bombay ·for
·
Marathas, or. whire certain of the seats allotted to
any oommunity. must be helcl ·
.
J:>y ·a won'Htn
or by 'a specified type of landholder;
-·· (iv}·the. expenses.of candidates at ·elections; · · ..
' (v) corrupt-practices and other offences at or in c<;ihnection witl:i elections;
(~i) th.(;l.deCisiol1 of doubts and disptttes ai·ising out 'of. or in. connection with
efo.ct10ne. ;. and · .· · . · . .. · . . . .. · · . . · ·
(vii} the mariner in which the' rules are to be carried into effect.
-, ~_,.. .. . - - , .._ , ·. - , . ,_ I
,-
fa; e~ihn'HFFHEti()fl Lr;h ,;,;\': 'J'.;,; «Jd •yl1X;
?.noit.Mftiir;Hp"fisl.t brrn Jhrrno:)
Jl.'ldr·f~>i:lil'h'{ ·umr <:.J~ 11::im: sd
'"B!}frFV<trtj fl·-,of.rn~)
. :H:i;: ·-:,cl
fH1-:H <..ri~~1t1.,e rt.:::1H->~
hn {.;1 ;~:.r~:;·1 f ~d _,P)· .•r:f
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''
·<,,
,.,
. TABLE OF S:EATs....::.:Provineial Leiialative Assemblies. 7j·
'l •'smr: · · 1. J 2. ) ... 3·.1.,·.4, ~, . 5. 6. 7. s. 9; 10. 11. 12. :rn. 14. l5 •. j 1e,, j · 17~ '· 18. ' . 19. ·. ~·
Genera!Seats.~I ·~., ·~J ':;.· ~tsf~tWo~--··- ·~·
.BHP:tt
P'ro:vince.
f!H!rncr J,l.OA)lJ(•fl'1
1<0nl"1\if"
Mi.fu'&S.
Bombay
HP
~iM!ps·:t.
United P'rovfuces'
I'l];~ift?Lf/g;
Bih!U'
Central Provine~ and .Berar
Assam
North-West Frontier Province
Qrillsa
. Sind
'.!
~
.tl.l
·~
E-f,
215
175
.250
228
175
15!l
li2
108
50
60
60
~
• !Q
!$ .~
.ce: ~
~ :llai
l ;i
1:1 .,o
·. t!, ~J
·'t; •oi.a
3 -~;§
?i .gm
146 30
114 15.
'78 30
140 20
','.
. 42 .8
86 15
84 20
47 7
9·
44 6
.18
.. ~ .0<:1 :ll
.e..o ~a ;. . ~
~i:: • - =s'' .1
..... ... ... . "' .....
~-0 I• "l;'l 31» ..-·. ·
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tn a .. .a . ~ al 4>! 3 i • L"'"J •
·a.,, .~ ~ .• "" . z.,,, · !'I . s ., · . i:1 t1
~o:s, . w· .:l· ~ S-1:;1. dl ·~ .. s_ • · .5! <"!·
2. 2 1:1 l'i ' "' . -a "' ..... "" . .. ' . ,,_ "' li <:I ' t: <;
cl '/ i!3. d q) ~ k Q .. !J'l al . ,,.. ~ ~ .~
""" ,,f · ~ ·-·
00
·
.i:i 8~ . ID. I»' " .;,. : ;a 1:1.
..s~ 1 :a 1l ;a o.· ,hi :s ~ e . ... a . .·a .o
ll: oo . ·,a. '7 .. = . a"" o.. ... lf " . a I , .; i:;
~~· li. l i ~ ~ ~~i ~ ·~ ~~ ~ ' ~·· ~ . : ··.~
IP ~ ·~ ~ • a 1°• ~ ~ 1-= m ~- ~ ~
-. --1--r----,1·---t----l----I---•---
+
';;.
1
31
.7'
" l
9
3·
5
28"
29
ll7
64
84
39
14
'
34
36
'4
-33
2
2
3
1-
1
1
1
1
3 8 3 3
' 11.
,2,
2 ·2
1 2:.
2' 1
~.
1.
1 .1
;;
'1
·~
6
7,
19
3
1
•t
.4
2
11
1
2
"6.
2
5
6
.5
4~
3
2·
2
2
1 -0 6.
1 7 5
2
:.l :
1.
l 3 1
.1 3 I· 3
1 2: I 3
;. ~·
4 1
l
2
i 1
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.2
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2'
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th
In Bombay seven of ttie genera!iseats shall be' reserved fo;r Marathils. In the Pwijatr one of the :ta,li.dho!ders' sea.t\l shail b~ ~ s~~ to be filled by a ;ruma11da.r, . 'In '.Assam· and Orisse.' ·!:
. e seats :re~erved for.women shall .be non-communal [email protected]. ' · · · · · · · ·
:~--~

1
"" ·Province.
-it'A'.BLli OJ!' SEA.TS ••
···--·-·-~~···---~-----~----~---
·,.,.....,
C.
fl
·~~~~,; ~~~-----,-~~~__;__~~.-f:.I)'
·.• "-'
Provim.ial LegisZa#ve Oouncil8~ ·.
~(:
. I 6, 8. 5.· 7.
'Seats to. be
;2. 3. 4,
T<ital of Seats,
OeneraJ:·
Seats.
• 1 • 'I
:M:uha.i+J.tri~da.n
. Sea:ts. .
Eriropean:
· Sea.ts •
1
-:
Ihdian· . ·
Christian
·seats.
1 iil,led by Legislative
., ASsembly~
Sea.ts tO
be filled
· by GOvernor. '
Fl
gi1
_..__ ~ . ._...._ d
. . ', :" '·:' '. . l·' ' . . ' . ·... . ' ' . , .f )~ ,··
Notiessthan . 54: ~
1
,·. . _ • ~ . .·. •· .• • Notle~than~; .· ~'.
,,,..,,.. ,. 1,{ Not'.-'""'' •• I} 35 .1 ' ! r .. {Not ~ -10: ! .
0
,_. . {Notless·tha_n 29/11 . . ,. • J". ·j' ., . ·r ... !{Not·~ tha_.n ~·· ..... ~-·
co Bombay • . . . ).-20 5 1 , .. . • . . . • • - I . · .. . ~
co I Not more than 30 . J. ' i ,· . . I, .. Not ·.more than 4. a·
;~
·.o
fNotlessthS.n. 63·1}·
1
{,Notless.t.·bant;. -~
Bengal • ,. -{ . . . 10. 17. 3. , •• ~7 . . ...,.
· ' I l Not more than 65 · . Not~re than s. ~ ' . ·.
I !i;,J. • i
United Provinces • • . . . · . . . .34 i 17 ·· i · . . . . { . · . , · · .. · · ,· . ·· ~-
{
Notlessthan 5s·r}· ~ .fNot1esstb&n6. ·,..:.:.,:
. • I Not more than .60 · _tNot more than _8. · · ~·
~
0
. {Notlessthan· 29·1}. . . {Notlesstha.na:· ~
B1ha.r. ' • • • ·I ' ' . . 9 4: . 1 . • ' 12 . ' . . ' ... · . .
Not more than . 30 : . . Not more than 4:. : .
. .. ·{Notlessth8.n, 21·1} . " . • .. {· 'Notlesstha,n3. , r
Assam • I . . . , 10. 6 2 .. . . , .. · ... · . · . . . ·
,Not more than 22 _ > . · Not more than 4,, ..
I

· [26 GE?· 5 & 1· EDW,. 8: J : Gouermnent of Inflia Act, 1935. ·
SIXTH SCHEDULE.1
. . Schedule 5 (9). .
PttOYlSIONS AS· 1'0 •FEANc:ilISE •.
. . PART I.-G.ENERAL.
(CH. 2.J
1. 1'here sha.11 ·be ;i,n electoral roll for every tel'ritorfal constitueney and no.
person who is not, and, except as expressly pro:Vided by this Schedule, every
·person who is, for the time being include'tl in the E>lectoral roll for any such cons
> titueµcy shall be entitled to vote in tllat constituency.
. 2. The electoral rolls ·-for the territOrial constituencie§! -shall. be ma.de· up. and
from time tb time in whole or in part revised by reference to such date, in l;h\11
Schedule referred to ·a.a "the prescrlbed date/' as may bl} directed :in each case· by
the Governor, exercising. his individual j uogment. . · · ·
. 3. No person shal! :be i~cluded in .the electoral roll for any-~err~torial cons-'
_!;1tuency.-unless he has. attMned the age of twenty-one years .and is· e1tuer-· ~
(a).a Brit.ish subject; 'or · . · ; ·
(b) the Ruler or a. su_bject~. of a Fe~er-1!-teQ, State; Qr . .
' -~} +i;· .. ·ao:rnl so far as •it. fa so prescr1J.:ied, with respect to any Prov.moo, . ~nd
subject to any prescribea conQ,itiOns; the Euler or a su
1
bject of any o.ther Indian
• State: . . . ·
·
··. 4. No
person shallbe included in the elec00ra1 i:oll for, or vote at any election
· ii;i, any territorial coflstituency U he is of unsound mii:J.t;l and. sta.ndir so declared
hy a competent court.. . . . . ., . · · ·
jj_, N o .. person shall be included ill the electoral roll for a :-Sikh con&tituenoy, a;.
Muhammad«n constituency, an Anglo-Indian_ 'oonstituency., · a European con-
. stituency or an Indian. Christian ~onstit.uem:iy unless fie is a Sikh, .a Muha.!llllla-.
, dan, an Anglo-I,µdian,, a E;iro!le!'linor an IJ?.dian Oh:'~istian, as the, case :\TI~_ be.
. '1. No person 'who is or is entitled. to be include~ m the electoi:a.l roll for any
Sikh co:11stituency, Miihamriiadan constitUency, Anglo-Indian constituency,.
En,~opean c~nstituency or Indian Christian C9.nstitue:ricy in ·any 'Province shall_
· be mclu?ed in the e~ectdt.fl roll. for a general conJ!titueng in f;hat Provin.sie : &**'
. Pl'ovided that "th1!J paragraph shalJ not 'apply m r;elat10:i;i· to th~ general. seats.
rN;eryed
for
women m Assa,m and Or1s13a .or tlie const1tuenc1es for the election of
per8ons to fill those seats. . . .
7. No pers~n shall in any Province vote at a. general election in more tnan one· ..
-territorial constituency, . and in eaeh: Province such provisions, 1£ any,, a8 may be·
prescrjbed in relation -to that Pro:vince· shall'have effect for· the purpoae of .pre~
venting ·persons being included in the electoral roll· for more than one territorial'
co:vstituency in the Province. 3[If a Person votes· 'in more thari one ·constituency
in. contravention of this paragraph, his yotes in .each of the constituencies ·shall· be-
v01d.]: .
Provicled that, in. any Provh~ce hr which territorial-oonstituencies ha.Ye been·
specially foi•med · for the purpose of elootihg women members, nothing · · in this
paragraph or fo any such provisions shall p'event a person from being-included
in the electoral roll for, and voting at a ~eneral election in, one territorial con·
· stituency so formed and also one ter:dt1;uial constituency not so formed. · ..
. 8. No person shall be included ·in the electoral roll for, or vote' at any eleo:.
tion in, a territorial constituency if_ ·he <i:;; for the time being disqualified from
voting under the proviSions of any .such Order .in Oom1.cil, Act of the Provimiia.l .
IJegislature
or
rules made by the Governor as may b~ -made or passed under thiSc
Act $ith respect to corrupt practices and othel' offences ·i:~f connection with
-elections, and the name of any person"who becomes so disqualified shall forthwith
be struck o:ff all the electoral rolls for territorial constituencies in which it may
be included. · · . , _ • · ,
· 9. No person shall vote at p,ny election in any territorial constituency, if he is
for the A time being. undergoing a sentence of. transportatibn; j>enal servitude, .or
imprisonment. · , . . · · · . .
10. The following provisions shall haY(' effect with respect to the enfrancbise-
l!lent of women in respect of the qualipcations of their h?sba~ds; ..
(a) a woman w:ho, at the date of the death of her husband, is mcluded rn an
electoral roll for a territorial constituency by virtue .of his qualifications shall, ..
notwithstanding any.thing. in the ,subsequeb.t provisions of. this Scliedule, continue·
iTbis $13hedule .en.me into force onth~l~t~p;il 1937, under p
2CJerta:iri wot<ds omitteq,,,Scih .. , Pt, 'l, the liirlia and Burma;
Ar:t, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, ch. ·5.)
a Added, ibid. ·.
130

.f • • •
fC1i:. 2.J / Governmerit'oj.Iiidia Ad, 1~35. [26G:mo::o & i Emy. 8_.~
.• to.be on ,the i;oll for that "JOnstituency' unless:she ;remarries or becomes di~quallfied
u~1der, the foregoing provisions of this. Schedµle for iDJ!lu,sion in that roll; · "'
(b) not more '"than one w'oman shall .at any one pime appear in the ele,ptoral
l'vlls for the territorial constituenc~es in ~Provihce• in respect of the qualific~
tions 9f. any particular man and any qijestion which of several women is to pe
selected for inclusio~ f!hall be determined in the pl'escribed manner : ·
. Provided that, if a :Y.:oman who is e1¥'.itled by_. vir.tue of, irqb-paragraph (a). of
this· paragr.aph to remam on the roll of a territorial const1tuency changes, her
place of residence, then, ir she 'so desires; she. m~y, on any subsequent revision
of the roll, be trarisfei·red to the r.oll of such. other teriitor~al ccmstitq.ency ai;i may
be a1::ipi.•opriate. · · · .
11. For the pur.Pos~s of this Schedule .any propei'ty owned, held, or ·occupied .
<Qr payment made by, or assessment m:ade on,. a petson as a .trustee, guardian,
administra,tor or receiver or in ariy other foluciary capacity, shall, except as
. ether.wise expressly providtid in thili! Schedule, be left out of account.
. . ommissioned officer/ or·. soldier of His Ma.jesty's r
rncl ded ·a reference to aR officer or man' of any. British
bein an officer 'or man who has been dismissed or dischar d from that force
disoi Hilary reasons, and a reference to aii. officer, non-c missioned offiber
soldie of the Auxiliary Force (India) or the Indian Terr{t :da.LF9rce, not b
an o er, non-commissioned o:fficer or sGldier who bas been:·' -smisaed o.r,,disc
ed fro the· force for disciplinary, reason's, or lias served fov t e ·force· f(ir iess than •.
'four y rs. ·· . · . · .· · · · . . c . · . · · ·
-fa;~(i) fo this Schedule, except where the context;: otherwise reqµires
''territorial oonstituency'' .m~ans ope of the. territorial .:_.con~ituenci~s men
tioned in Pal'.ag·raphs five and eight of the Fifth Sched'Qle to thiS Act;
-"ll:uropean,'" "AnglO-Indian," "Indian Ohrist;ian" and. "scheduled" castes'' ·
have phe same meanings respectively as they h!l.Ve in Pa,rt. I of the ;First Schedule
·fo . this ·Act· · · · . , . ·
·
"Illdian'Obristian constituency" does
not. hiciude aiJ.y constHuency . whi~il
may be formed for choosing .persons to fill the Indian Christian seat in Bih~r;
"pe;rson" does not. include a.-body of persons; · .. ·
"prescribed," except. in the phrase "the prescribed date," hits the saqie rµe.l!<n-.
ing 1.1>8 ii} the 'Fifth Schedule to thiS Act; · · .
"previous :financial year," "previOus Bengali year". and ''.previous f.asli year'!
man, respectively, the financial year, the Bengali year, and the fasli year imme-
.iiately preceding that in which the prescribed date;falls; . · .
. "house" and "building" include, respectively, a part ol ·a hotise or b1;1.ilding. ·
:separately occupied as a dwelling or for the purposes of any' trade, lrusiness, 'Or •
;profession; . . ·.. · , ·
."lil;erate~' means, in. relation to any persoµ,, able to read and write in. some
. language or dialect. selected by him, being a language· or dialect in comrnon U:se in
:S()ffie, part of lndia ; . ' , ,
"canton.µient"
means a
cantonment for the purpo,ses of the Cantonments Act.
J924, a.nd. ''cantonment record" me.ans a record prepared under that Act.
(2) Any .refereJ;l,Ce in this Schedul(l to "urban constjtuen~ie!l'~ or "ru.ral c<:n
·stituenCies" shall be construed .as a :reference to such territorial constituencies .
oas may b~ classifte-cf. as urban or rural . constituencies, respectively, by ~
:an Order in Council" deliinitin,g territorial constituencies~
Provided that any such. Order in. cduncil may direct ·that any Anglo~Indian
•ccfostituency, European constituency, ot Indian Christian constituency s~aU ,_be
,deemed to 'be an urban constituency for some purposes· and a. rural constituency
>for other purposes. . .
. (3).Any. reference .in this Sched.ule to persons assessed to 1ncome talf~ in -any
':financial year ·shall be ·deemed to mclude a reference to .any partner m a fh:m
:assessed to income ta,x in that year if liis share of the firm's income on which
income
tax
was so ~ssessed is certified" ih ·the prescribed manner to have been not
1ess. tnan the minimum on which the tax is . leviable.
. ( 4) H a~y question arise~ und.e;· tl;iis Slchedule w:tlether a:q;r. pe_rson is or is. not
:a Sikh, he shall be deemed to be a, Sikh if a,nd only if he makes in .the prescribe-cl
imanner a ·declaration in the pre~cribed form that he is a Sikh.
140

[26 GEO. 5 & l Enw,;8. GovenimrnJ,t •ofin~ii~ Act, fas5. [cdi. 2.} ·
. ( 5) Any refer.ence i.n. this ~ch6dule to a. retired; peri~roned -0r .. discharged ·
. \Jfficer,
non~commisaioried offieer
or soldier .of any force.'>tshall be deemed not to
~ ). , :~.ilclud. e a. r~fe~e:n;ce to .any. perso. n. who has. been disni.issed or discli. p,rged from that
, force for. d1sc1phnary reasons.· · · . · . . ..
· ": 16) .Any reference in this Schedule to aJl ot any of the prov1s1ons of any
y. .~.f . Indian" Act shall be construed as a reference to those provisions .as amended. by.
/ or .under al'1y other Act or,· if those provisions .are repealed and re-enacted with
-0): without modifica..,tion,_ to the provisioas so re:-enacted .
. ~ * • ~· . .
p ART IL-MADRAS •.
· Genm:al reqWirernent as· ta residenc~.
1. No person sb,aH be qualified to be .hlcluded in the electora:1' roll for 111
t.errito1·ialconstituency unless he .has ies.id~. hi a house in the constituency for a.
period of not l.ess than one hundred and twenty days ill the previclus financial
year. · · · · · · · · . · ..
L .
A person is. deemed. to ):'eside in a house if. he. sometfutes uses it. as a sleep fog
place and a person· is not deemed to cease to reside in a house ·merely because he
i1:1 absent from it or has ·:anotlrer dwelling iii which he resides, if he is at:1iherty
to return to the house at an:rtime and;has not.abandoned his intentiOn of return-
•.ing. I . ""
. . . . QuciUfications ·dependent on. ti:Dation. . ·.. · . . ·
2. Subj.ect .to the provisions of Pai:t i of this Schedule and .to any' oyerriding
· pi:ovisions-of this Part of th:is.Schedule,.a person shall be qualified :00 be included
-in the electoral roll for any ierl'itorial constituency if i:rll' the previous financial
year he--:- · . . . · · · . · " ··. · · · . . . · ·
· .
1'ta)".paid tax· ul;lder
the Madras Motor Vehicle~ Taxation ~ct, 1981, for. the··
whole of that year ; or · . · .. ·· · · · . . · . . · · · ·
· (b) paid for b<?th the half yea;rs of that year to a niim:icipality, local boafd .9r.
Dantonment authority )n the. Province profession .tax under the ~8Jd.tas City ·
.. Municipal Act, 1919, the Ma.Mas District Municipalities Act, 1920, the Madras
Local Boa:t:ds· Act, .1920, or the .oantonme.n.ts Act, 1924;. or · · • ·: ··. .. ...
/
. (c) paid for both the half years of that ye!"r 'to a ifiunici~ality. or cantonment
authority in the Pi·ovince property tax under any .of the said Acts; Q"l' · · . . •
· ,. (d) paid. fOi· both the half years of ·tha.t year house·· 'tax un:det the Madr~
Loca] Boards Act,. 1920; or .. · · ' . . . .
. (1:j) occupied .as sole tenant throughout' that year a.house in respect o'f which
property tax or house tax has been paid for both the half years. of that ye~r. under
· . any of the Acts mentio.ne.d in this paragraph; ol' ""· · · · · · · · · ·
· {/) was assessed to . income tax, . · .
. Qurf/Afications ·dependent iYn property, .Xe~
· ~ 3. Subject a,s aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to 'be included in
·. the electoral toll for any terdtorial constituency if he~
(a) was on the last day of the previous fasli year a Begisteted landholder,
. inamdar, ryotwari pattadar or occupancy ryot under the Madras Estates Land
.Act, 190.8 ; or . . · · . .
· (b) was in and for the previous fasli year assessed to ground rent payable to
the Gove1'nment of th~ ·Province; ·or . · .
(c) was throughout the .. previous fasli year a,.kanamdar or kuzhikanan:ldar or
, the holdei· of a kudiyirnpp.u or a verumpattamdar. having fixity of tenure each
. it>f tt;ei:ie terms having the meaning assigned. to it in the :Malabar Tenancy Act,
1929; or . · · . . . · .·
(d) was throughout the previous fasli year a mortgagee with possession or lessee
·
undH1; a registered
instrument, of immovable property in the Province (othef
. thai.1 'house property) ·of an arm,ual rent value, in the case of a.n urban oonsti~.
tuency, of not less than one hundred rupees, and, in th\3 cas.e of a rural consti~
tuency of not less than fifty rupees. . · · ·. ··· · ..•
· 4.-(1) Sub-parag;raph (a) qf .th'e last .preceding paragraph shall not apply in
Telation ·to registered .joint landholders, registered joint inamdars, regj.stered
joint ryotwari pattadai:sor registei·ed. joint occupancy ryots, .but in relation to
such persons (beiqg persons so registered on the last day of the previous ·fasli
year) the following provisions of. this para.graph .... shall have effect. ·~.
isub·plil>fa. omitted, Sch.; Pt. I, the India and Burma {Miscellaneous Aniendment;:i) Act •
.
l940
(3 'Wd 4 <?eo .. 6. Ch. 5.). . .
. ··~-~<l~·b.~·~.141

[CR. 2. ]' GoJernment of,nd;ia~Aqt,' -~[~6 G:Eo.j~& .l.;,:l1lnw,_ ~)
(2) Where the foint hold~ng of any joint landholders or joint holders o~ it~:'; _
.whole-inalll village is o"f ··an annual rental of one thousand rupees or µpward&, ·
then, subject to the provisions of Part I of this Schedule and to any overriding
provisions of this Part of this. Schedule, one registered joint holder for ,eve:i:w
,complete five hundred rupees of' tlie annual rental of the joint holding. shall be-
,,. qualified to· be included in the. electoral rolf of the appropriate territorial· con-
stituency. · · . · - . · ·. · · '
(3). Where the annual .as~essment, rent or kist of the {oin,t holding of j~int
holders_ of .a minor inam, a ryotwari patta or an estate patta is one hundred
rqpees or, upwards, then~ subject as ·aforesaid, one registered joint holder foi' ·
every complete fifty rupees Of the annual assessment, rent or lfist shall be qualified
· to be included in the e_lectorat roll of the appropriate ~rritorial constituency.•
· (4) In other cases, one of the registered joint holders shall, subject as afore
sai_?, :be qualified to be included.in: the elector!J.l roll of the appropriatti tepritorfa,l
co.nstituency. · · ·
(5)
The re~ist.ere!l. h_olders t? be included under th~s para~r?-ph in al!. el~cto1'.!1!
roll ID .respect of a. JOlllt holding.shall be those nominated m WQ apphcat1on m
that· behalf; signed by a -majority. of t}le regiSter(}d jpint holders.· .. · .
· <JuaUji;cativn by 'reason ol gttardianskip, . - '·
5. Subject as afor·esaifa; a person shall also be qualifi:ed to he included in the
f-1ectoral roll for any ter.ritorial constituency i~ he is o.n the prescribed date _the
.guardian of· a minor who by virtue, o1 the foregoing 'provisions of this Part of
this Schedule would have been entitled to be included in the electoral roll £0.r
that constituency if he> were of full age and satisfted ,the requirements of para-:
graph one of this Part of this Schedule. . ,. ~ · ·
- . . Qualift:c(J)f,itni by reason of literacy.
6. Subject as aforesaid, a person· shall also. be qualified to be ·included in the
elector'al roll; for: any terdt.orial constituency if he is-proved in the prescribed
manner to . be literate. ' ·
·· · Qualification-by 1·ea1son vf service in His Ma1esty's Forces.. '
-7, Subject as a1oresaid,~ person shalJ also be qualified to 'be included in the.
e_lectoral roll for any territorial constituency if he is. a retired, pel\_sioned .
0r dis-·.
charged ' · · · · · · • '
riljlitur}r fDrCs1.
Additional qualifications for wamen.
s~ Subject as aforesaid, a peroon who is a'woman .shall al.so be qiialifie!l to b .
. included in the electOral roll for any territ,orial constituency~ . ··
(a) if she is the pensioned widow or the pensioned mother of a person who was ~K
• .. ·~ • - f " * ) .. • ,
··-~; ~r . -~. ~-"· - . .
(b) if her husb~i:ufpossesses the qualifications requisite for the purpose of this
· paragraph. ·
9. A husband shall be deemed to possess the qualifications requisite
_ purposes of the. last .'Preceding :par_agraph _if he either;-- •
(a) was · ed iµ the prev19us financial year to mcome tax; or
(~) is a r. d~ pensioned or d~f!~harged ' .•
. ; or
(c) occupied :ror,not· less than six months in the' previous financial y~ar a
4ouse in the City of Madras the annual value whereof was -not less than sixty
rupees, not being .a house in any military or police lines; or . .
(d) was assessed in the Province in the previous. financial year to tax on
companies; or · · · - · · - . , .
(e) was assessed' in the Province in the previous financial year t9 an aggregate
amount of not.less tha,n three rupees in respect of either or both af the following
faxes, namely, property tax or 'professi<!n tax; ?r . .: . . •
(l)-.l[was on the last day of the prev:ious fash year reg1steredJ as a ryotV17ari
pattadar or an inamdar of land the annual rent ·value whereof 1$ not less than.
ten rupees; or . · . . '
(rt) ~I.held throughol:!-t the previous fasli year] under a, ryotwari p~ttadar or
an· inamdar a regist~ed lease of lan.d the annual rent value whereq-f is not fess .
than ten rup!'les; or ·
1Subst. Sch., Pt, I. tb<;i India and Burma (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1940'(3 &4
~eo, 6, ~· 56) Q.w~
~.~.
0
'l~·bjel . .1.142

[26 G:Eo. 5 & 1 Enw. 8.]' Govej·n1tient of India Act,_ 1935. JC~~; 2,]
· (h): i[was on ,the la~t day of the prev1ous fasJi yea1"1'qis~er~~} jo.intly with the·
proprietor under section fourteen of· the Malabar Land Registration Act, 189&,
as;the occupant of land .th'e . !J.nnual rent va.lue whereof iS not .less than 1;6n;
ruRees; or . . . · . · . . · .. . · .· .. _ . 1 •
· (i) l[was on the last day of the prl}vious fasli year a regist.ered landholderl
holding an estate the annual rent v-alue whereof is no't less than ten rupees; or
(i) 'l[held on the' last day of the previous fasli year1 as ryot, Qr !J.S tenant
µnder a landholder, · 1and the annual rent · value whereof is not less than ten·
rµpees~ · · ·
. . . 2[8pecial .qualification· for Scheduled CCJ;8tes.,
9A. Subject to the provisions of Part I O'f this Schedule-and to ·any overridinf{ .
· provisions of this Part .of thiS Schedule, a person who is a member of .. the
scheduled castes shall be qualified. tO be . included in the ·electoral· roll for any
. territorial constituency if throughout the. pr!'vious fasli year ~. he~occupied as·
owner or lessee a house in a nuini.cipality, a ca.nto:ument or an area subject to the
jurisdiction of a 1ocal board, with ii.n annual .rent value of not less :.han _!)ighteen.
rupees, or a house elsewhere with an annual -rep.t value of not less than twelve'
l'tipees.] · · · ·
. ··. · -J..pplicati;n nec~ssary for erv.rplme1it in certdm ca:_ses. . .• . ..
q_ ipo. No
person .shall, by virtue o·f sub-pai'agraph (e) of para"graph 2, .·)>Uh-·
paragraph (c) or sub-paragraph ,(d) of parograph 3,. paragraph 5 .or parag~a.ph
6 of this Pa.rt of this Schedule, or by virtue of· her husband bemg a r!')tired,"
pens10ne
<or 1scharge · · ·. · · · · · . · · · ,
be -in:!Jlude~.'
in the electoral roll ':for any territotiaLeonstituensy., ut)less ~pplication }s made· ·
~n the_prescr!bed manner by, or, if it is so prescribed, on behalf g_f, tha.t person, ..
that ~hat pers011•·should he so iricludedJ · ·~.·. · · . ·
. Gtine1·al provisions as to joi111J; prope1·ty, ice.
· . 11.-(1) S';lbject !A> the .pr~visions of ·this pa;1'.agraph, prope,rty held ·a.nd pay-·
ments made JOmtly by, .and asses~ents made "Jointly on, more. than one person,-
shaU be left out of account for the purposes of thjs Part of this S_cMdule. .
(2) 'Yhere any such pro.Perty, payille~ts OJ' · assessment:i' woul(j. qualify a.
pers.on if t~ey ~ been. held or made by, or ~ade on, hiw. solely, thet), aubject 4
.to .the. provlSlo!ls of ;Part I of this S.chedule: and to any overriding ·pfovisions of·
.tlus Pa~·t of-this Schedule, one of those .persons shal1 be qualified fo respect of the·
property, payment oi• assessment and that person shall be~ · . .
. (a) iJ. ~he proi:;>erty is h~ld, or the .Payments or asses8ments made, by or on a
Hmdu JOlllt family, the. manager thereof; . . ·.
, (b) ;if. the pr~~erty is held: or the payments'' or assessments made by or on any'
othe.r }Omt family, the member thereof authorised in that.1;Jehal:f by the family
.'themselves ; · · ·
-(c)in any other ease, the J?¥SOn authorised ·in.that behaif by a majority of"
·the persons by or on whom tb,e property is held or the payments or asaessmeQte·
made. . ·. '
(3) Nothing in this parag1·aph affects paragraph four of., th.is. Part of this,
Schedule, or the provisions of Part I of this. Schedule relating to partners · in.
-firms assessed to income tax. · · ·
lnterpretition, &:c.
12.~(l) In this Sche<lul~, in: relation to <Ma<fras-·
'.'estate" means an estate as defined in the Madras Estates Land,,Act, 19()6;
"fasli year" means a year ending .on tne thirtieth day .of June; ·
.. "landholder" means a person owning an estate or part of an estate and i.n~·
eludes every person entitled to collect the ren~ of the whole or part of an estate·""
. by virtue of. any transfer from the owner . or his predecessor in ~title .or of a,ny ..
order of a competent court, or of any ·provision of law; ....
"rent value" means the value as determined in accordance ·with the provisions:
of section seventy-nine of the Madras Local Boards Act, 1920f with reference to,
the accounts. of the previous fasli year or, in any case ~n which ~~i~ not possible
,so to determme tlie rent value, such value as appears· to tite :iegistrat.1o~ officer to'
be the rent value ; ·
·~~------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~
1
Subst. Sch •• Pt. I, (Mis~Uaneous A!llendments) Act, 1940.(3 &.4~
. Geo. 6, ch. 5.)
2Jm<., ibid
. .3. s~·1(r<t~,\~~1. J43

I ,
' ;.
([CH. 2. J 3ovenwnent of In(Wi Aot, i935. •[26 GEO. 5 & 1 'Enw'. ~·
''~enant" inCluC!_es all 1J8r~onis who,: Wht)ther perfonally or by an ageµt, OcCUp
.a house or. land u.nder the .owner or landholder or intermediate Jandho
. whether or ·J:lOt rent is paid t0 'tb'.e owner; landhold~r or inter;[Uediate' Jandh
.as. th& case may be; except.that it does not 'include .any perscih occupying a hous
hi military or. police lines rent free l:iy virtue of any office, serviCe or employ
®~ ' ' .· . ' .
(2) A pet·son who is p1:1ying or is liable to pay the rent o.f 'a nouse shall · b
·deenied~to occupy it. · · · . · · · · · . .·
1
](3) Refe1•e11ees in this Part of this Schedule to, or to ta{>'.es payable in respec
·of, land or hou:ses, relate exclusively to land o]: house~ in tne Province.] ·
/·
. PART IIL--"'BO.MBAY. .
. .
. Genetal ~·equirement as to . 1·e.sidence.
1. 'No person shall be qualified to be . inchidl)d in the electorai roll for a terri
itoriaf oonstit11ency unless he satisfies the. :reqtdrement as to res~denoe in refati
-to that constituency. ' ' . ' ' ' . ' ' ··. ' ' . ' ' ' ' -
.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule a pei·son shall be deemed .t
'Satisfy the requirement .as to :r'esidenGe-. .· . . . , ..
/
. . .
(a.) in. i;elation to .a ·Bombay city constituency, if he has for 'a,-period of n
Jess than 0~16 hi,mdred and, eighty days in .the -previ9us financial year resided '
-a hcmae in the City of Bombay • or ... in the Thana mahal ~or'. .the SQuth Salset
~taluka; . . . . .. · . . . .
(b) iri relation to any othe~. urban co:dstifoency, if he has .for a pei·iod of n .
. less
thaa
one hundred and eighty days in the pi·evious fma11cial year resided in a
:hom0
in.
the constituency 01· within two miles of the boundary .. tllereof;
( c) in the case of a rural constituency, if he has' Jor. a perio<;I of not less·
than one hundred . and eighty 'days in the previous financial year resided ,in' !.!,·
:house in the constituency, or in a contiguous constituency of the same communal
·de"cription · · · · . · · · · .· · · ·
'pi",Ovided
thab
a person shall be deemed t~ sa,tisfy the ;requirement as to
·.rnsidence in relation to any· Europei].n. or Anglo-Indian territo1·ial ci:mstit1iency
if he. has for: .a period of not less tha.n one htJnurecl and .eigb;ty days in the'
i·previous financial year resided ·in a .house in the P!iovince. · . . . .
A peri>on. is deemed to reside .in "a house if he someti.mes uses it as a, sleeping
·place, ·and a person is not· deemed "to cease to reside in a house merely beca,use
'he is absent fr.om it or has another, ·cl.welling in which he resides, if. he is at .
liberty. to· return to the house. ·at any .time and has not abandoned· his intentio;1:1-·
"Of returnh:1g. · · ·· · ·, .
. . . QuaUfi&ations dependent o'n taa}ation. . · .
2: Subject to the provisipns 9£ Part I of this Sche\iule and fo any overriding .
. provisfons
Qf
this Part of this S~edule, a person shall .be qualifieel to be iriclu.d~ ··•
·ed in the electoxal roll for any territorial constituency, if he was assessed during'
cthe previous financial year to income tax. . ' '
Qualifications· dependf'Ait on property.
3. Subject as aforesaid a persol'l shall· also' be qualified to be. included in
·electotal rpll for any territorial constituency if he-, · . .. · · . . .
'(a) holds in his ·own right, or occupies as a· tenant, alienated or unaiienated .
la.nd or land q,_n talukdari tenure, being land in the cons~ituency assesl:)ed aj;; or of·'
. the assessable value of, not less than eight rupees land revenue; or ·
(b) is the alienee of the right of the Government to the payment of re,µt or
land revenue amounting to not·less than eight rupees in respect of alien~ted land
iu the constituency; or ' . · ·
(o) is a khot or sharer in a khoti village; in the constituency, or a. sbarer in a
bhagdari or narwadari v~llage in the cop.stitµency, and is responsible for the
_payment' of not less than eight ·rupees land revenue.; or ' . ,
. Cd) ocmfpies .in the constitue.11cy as owner or ' tenant a house or buildingt
·situate in the city .of Bombay or in ;lny municipal I?orough, .municipal district,
.c.antonment or notified area, and. having at Jeast the appropriate value.
lJna. Sch., Pt; I, the· India and l!t1rma (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, • 1'949 (3 & 4
Geo. 6, ch. 5.) ,
144

{213 GEO. 5 & lED!V. 8. J · Guve1'nmimt of India Act, 1.9fl5; . [CH; 2.]
In. sub-paragi·aph (d) of ,this paragraph, the e:~ptession, "the . appropriate
""al ue" meant>-'-. . . . . .
(i) -iri relation to a house or building situate within the city of Bombay, ari
.annual rental value of sixty rupees.; · · · · · : · . . :
. ' (ii) in relation .to a house or huilding situate" outside the dity of J3ombay
but in an area in which a tax is b~ed en the a,nnual rental value of houses or
.buildings, an annual rental va,lue' of eighteen rupees; '
(iii) in relation to any other house or building, a capital vafoe of seven
hundred and fifty rupees. . , . ·
Edu1Jational · q'l),alifical/ion.
· 4. Subject as ii;foresaid, a pernon shall also be qualif}.i;id.'to be included in tlre
,elector3c-l roll for ·any territorial constituency if he is pro,ved in the prescribed
.mariner to have passed the matriculation or school leaving examination of. the
lJniversity of Bomba;v, o.r an exa~i~at~on p1:es_crib~d aE! at~ least equiv~len~ to
,,either of those . examrnat1ons, or, if it is so prescribed, any .othe~· .prescribed
·examination, not lower than a verril:l!clilar final exami'nation. .
QualificatiQ'n by 1·eas01i,of .service in His Jlajesty's ~Fvrces.
. .5. Subject as aforesaid, a pers-0n !!hall also he qualified •to. be hwluded in the . ·
.·electoral roll f9r any territorial constituency if hi;i is a retired, pensioned or dis-''
·eharge · · · · · ·
~ita i;y fQrdes. ;flfi.:
't ~r ·-··. ·. . . · · • ·. Ailditi01iai · qu~lifieation fo·r
women.
-' •t¥fil ~· Subject. as aforesaid;· a person Who is a. wo!llan sha\l also he qualified to
t
. • ·
:De incl ~ded ll! the,·
electo.ral roH. for . any. terntor~~tl const1tuency7"'
, a ·· i:( · sbe ~s the pensioned w1do~ or the pensioned mother of .a Person wlio .
;,· was · · · · · · · · · · · ' · · ·
... ,,.UHa:Py ;iiQl'Q{iil ; or · ·
· (b) if, she. is· shown i~ the prescribed· manner to he literate;. or
· (c) if her husband possesses the qualifications requisite for the purposes of·
'-this paragraph. · · · · · . ·. . . · · :· .· ··
7. A husband s.hall not he dee1ned to possess the qualifications requisite foi• the··
·purposes ·of. ··the last p.receding pa.ragraph· unless he sa. tisfies the. requirei;n .. ·e. nt .-as
·to. residence in relation to th6 constituency in questio1i, but subject as aforesaid
.a husband shall be deemed to possess the>said qualiftcations if-
(l.~ in tl;ie previous, financial ear he-was assessed· to income tax; or .
. e is a re rre , .pens10ne or 1sc arge .. ·· ·. .· · ·
!!!!lS:i.eP d ';ffis liiA;ii@ilJ!'i! 11eg~111cf!'l:ilii1t'l'y. bJJ~Blil; or . .
' . . , ( c) in~ tlre constit'Uen,cy he holds in . his own right, or occupies as . tenant, ·
;:alienated or unalienated land. or land on 'talukdari tenure assessed at, Or uf. th:e •
as1:1essab.le value of, npt lei:ts than sixteen rupees la.nd revenue . in the· · .Panch-.
·.Mahals sub-division of the Broacb and Panch-Mahala dist1'iet or in. the Ratnagiri
0district, or not less than thirty-two rupees land revenue elsew_here; or '
·
.. (d)
he is .the a;lienee of the ri15bt df .the Go;vernment. to. the payment o;f rent
·or. land revenue m respect of ahe.nated land. m the constituency amouiitmg to ,
not less, than eyixteen rupees in the Panch-Mahals suh-divisi_on of the Broach and
Panch-Mahals district. or in the Ratnagiri district and to not)ess than thirty-
two :rupees elsewhere; or . · / , ·· . . · · ·. · ·
(e) he is u. khot or sharer i:n a khoti. village in the constituency or a share!'· i+i
. :a bhagdari or narwadari village in the. cqnstituericy and, in either case, is respon
sible
for
the pJl,yment, in the Panch-M'ahals sub-division of the Broach! and
Panch-Mahals distrfot or in the Ratnagiri district, of not' less than sixteen
·;rupees land revenue, and, elsewhere, of not less: than thirty-two· rupees land
i•evenue; or ' ' ' ' '
• (f) he occupies as owner or tenant in the constituency a house or building
11ituate in the city of Bombay or in a iµunicipal borough, municipal ·district •
.
cantonment or notified· arrea.: and
having at foast the appropriate value.
·In sub-paragraph (/) of this paragraph, the expression "appropriate value?'.
means-' ' ' . .• . ' . . ' ~ '
"' (iY.in relation to a house or bu.ilding in the city of Bombay, an annual rental
, wajue of one hundred and twenty rupees;. . · • . ·
(ii) in relation to a house or building in the Panch-Mahals sub-division nf the
'.Broach and Panch-MahalH district or the R.atnagiri disti'ict, situate in an area.·
_ in which any tax is based OU the annual rental value of h01;1SeS Or buildin15s, .an
<1tnnual rental .value of twenty-four rupees; . . · .
. {i~i) in relation to any _;0ther house or. bu.\ld~ng in the Panch:;~ah!l'ls. suh
tl1v1s1on of the Broach and P·anch-Mahals district or the Ratnag1r1 d1strwt, a
capital value of one thousand rupees; · .
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-(iV.) in relation: tO ~ ho".se or l.(uilding i~ any oth~r ::-i:ea .in which arty ta.x.:
0
. is based on the annual rental value of houses or bu~ld1.0gs~ ·an. annual renta,t ..
value. of thirty-sjx rupees·; .and .
·. (v) in relatiop. to· any other hou~e. or . building, a capital value of
thousand five hundred .. rupees. .
· . Special quctlificat·ion .fo1~ scheduled castes. .· · . · .
a .. Suhj.ect as aforesaid a person who is a member of the· scheduled·. cas~s;
, ,shall also be qualified to be included in the electornl roll 101' any ten:1tor1al
·~· .constituency if either- · . · ·
(a) he is shown in t~e .prescr:ihe<l manner to ~e literate; or.
{b) he was at any ti.me durrng the year endmg on the thirty-first d~y ~f ·
.December next ·preceding the prescribed date a person actually P.erforni,rng: m . ·
'Che Province the dri.ties of an inferior village oiUce, whether hered1ta,ry or. not:
Provided that .. a person who has been dismissed for misconduct. and. ha~ rt)t_
been re-employed shall not by virtue of sub-paragraph .(b) of this para.graph . •
be qualified to be entered in any electoral i·oll. ' ·
. . Application :ne_ces_sary jor en1'olment in· c61'-tain cases. ., • · .. ~-.
• 9. N.o person . shall by v1ttue of paragraph iuur . or. of paragraph six. of th!s
Part of this Schedu,le ~c. in?lu,cl~d· .i~. p~e ~le~§_r1;tf . roll f,°';r,_ ~ny te~rit.<>~~al co~at~:. ··.
tuency unless apphcat10n 1s made rn foe p;rescr1bed manner by ::Uim 19r, if };t •
is so pret!cri!:led, on his behalf,\. that he should be so included: . · ·,_ · .. · ·
·
Provided
that, except. ·i,n relation: .tio the original preparation of electoral ..
rolls and r.evisions thereof within three ·years f.ro:ip the. commencement of Part.··
HI of. thi§ Act; thi.s par:agraph .shall, it relation to women qualified by virtu.e;
.. .of their ~husbands' quaJi:ficatmns, . have. efftict only wl1ere the husband's qualv:· :;'
· fication js th.at mentioned~in .sub•paragralph"-"(-h) of· paragraph. seven •of' this.
Part of this Schedule. · ·
. . . . P1·ovisidns· b,s to. joint . property, '&Jc, . .
. . 10.-'-(l) Subject to .the provisions of this paragraph, any refei·ence in· this:
Part of this Schedule to land or other immovable ·property, or to rent or iand
. revenue in respect of alienated. fandi shall, .in relri,tion .. to any persons who are
.{)()-sharers in such. la~d~. property, rent or land· . tevenue,. be construed .as a
r~ferenee to the respective sh{l:r.es of those l'lersons.. . . .. . .. ·. . . . . ·
(2) Whel,'e two or more person§ occupy any house; the rental value. of the .
hoµse shall, in relatfon tci each of those persons, be deemed to be th°'e rent.al <
.. value ·therepf di'vimd· 'bj" the nmnb:er of those . p~rsons. . . . . . . . . . . ' . ·. ' . . ...
. (3) Whe:re ·property is. owp.efl; held or occupfed, br.'.pli..yments . are made,
jointly by, or assessments .are made jointly on, the members .of a j()int family,·
and. the property, paym,en:ts· or assessments would qua;Jify a person. if' they had ·
been owned, held, occupied 'or mad,e by or .on him solely, ·then, subj«;ict to, the
.Provisions ?f Part I of this Bcl;iedv.le and to a:iy overriding· pr?visio!ls of this;'
Par{j of this Schedule, one member of the family shall he quahfied m respect
of the prope~t:y;_ payill:ent. .or assessment, and that p~1·son ~shall be,. in the case··
· . of a fl.rndu. 3omt· family, the manager thereof and; rn other cases, the member
authonsed 1h that behal/ by the· family; themselves. ·
.' /?ave
as
aforesaid, any, prop,erty owned, held o:f occupied, or payments made,.
Jointly by, or assessments made jointly on, the members of· a joint family shaH
be lei'!; out of a{l()ount for the . purpose.s. of this· Pa1·t of this Schedule. ·
. '(4) Nothing in this paragraph affects the provisions of Part · I of ihis;
Schedule relating to partners in firms assessed to income tax.. ·
. . Jnterpre,tati(:m, ··&c.
11..-(1). In this· Schedule, in relation to Bombay-
.. "holder" means a personi lawfully in possession of land, whether his posses
. srnn is actual or not,-.and "hold" shall .be construed acco1·dingly;
."tenant" means. a lessee, whether holding un~er an instrument or undei· arr .
(lral agreemei:it,. and irn;iludes a mortgagee of a tenant's rights with possession,
anl'l, in relatiott to a house not situate in military or police lines,, also inclu~es:
any person occupying the house rent-free by virtue of any office, service Dr
employment; · . · · · · ·
"Bombay. city constituency" iQep,ns a constituency comprising any part of
the city of Bombay. •. · " · · · · .
. (2)
The
value of any machinery, furniture or equipment contained iri ·or
situate upon any house· or building shall not be included in estimating· for the
purposes of this~ Pi;i.1·t of this Schedule the rental yalue 01"the capital valu9 of
the house Ol' bmtdmg. · ·
(3) In computing for the purposes of this Part ·of this Schedule the assess""
able value of any land, regard shall be had to the ave1·age rate of assessment;
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on -assessed land in the same village or, if th~re is no. such_"iand i;n the same
vili'age the· aven1.ge· rate. of assessment ori · asseJ>sed land ·in the n~rcest village,
containing a.ssessed land.
p ART IV.-BENGAL;
. General ·1•equirement as to. r.esidenc"'· ·
1.-(1) A pei'son shall not be qualified to be included in the ~lectoral roll .for
any terl'.itorial constitu{}ncy unless he has a place of re11idence in that oonstitu'::::..·
ency: . · - · · .
. .l:'rovideu. 'thafi'-'. .
(a) in the case of a Calcutta constituency, the provisions of this. paragraph
shall be _deen1ed ti>. be· complied with in J?eitation to any person if .. he h~s~ a place
of residence in Calcutta and a Place of business within the constituency ;
(b) in the case of a European constituency, the pr0visions ·of. tbi.s parragraph
shall be dee~d to be complied with in relationto. any person if he is actuall.Y
empfoyed anywhere in Bengal but is absent from Bengal .on leav.e from his
employment. ' · ·. . · . . .
· (2) l'!l this paragraph "a. place o~ _resi.dence" J,nea,ns· a pla_ce w,here a per:sqp
-0rdmarily. and actually re.sides . d.unng the greater part of the year.
Qualifications dependent dri, taxati01~ .
. 2, Subject to the provisions of Part I of: this Schedule a11d to any overridillJ?
provisiu:qs of thiii Part of· this Schedule, a · person shall. be qualified to be
included ~in the electoral roll fo1· ·any territorial ·constituency if he-·... ·
(a.) ha.a .. paid .before the expiration of the previous year any .sum as tax
under the Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1932, .ii) respect of that ye1;1r; or ·.
(b) was asse.ssed during the p1;evious year to income tax; or · · ,
(c) was duri11g the previous year entered in t,he municipal assessment book
or licence register, or any other authorised register maintained by the corpora-
., tion of O.alcntta, as having paid in respect of that year eithe1• directl;y or in
directly any sum as consolidated rate, tax or licence fee ·ti> the corporation; or
.. (d) h.as paid during and in :respect of the previous year municipal or ca,n
to:nment
taxes
or :fees of not less -.than eight .annas,_ or road. and public works
ciesses under ·the Oess Act .. l880, of not less than eight annas, or Ohaukidari
.tax' under the Village Oha;ukidari Ac!i 1870, 'of not less t}ian si.x al),ni:i.s, pr urii<;i. n
rate under the Bengal .Village Self-liovernment Act, 1919, of not less than six
.annas. · · · ·
Qualifications dep~ndent p1; p1·ope1'f//J. . .
. ,.a ... S.uhject as afo.resl;}.id, a person slfltll also be~ qualified to be ii:tcluded in
t!_le electoral roll of any territorial 'constituency · if" at . any thpe . during .. the
previous finan~ial 01· Bengali year he. li~ .oce~pi~"'by" virtue 'of his emplOy
·ment a house ln the Province ·the annual valuation of which is not~Iess than
~orty-two rupees.• · . · ... · · · · ·. .
.
.l.n
this .. paragraph '.'annual valnatiou" means the annual rental of the house
as .ascertam~d from ally ·ac0011nts of 'tlfe. employer of' the person in question
which are. l'<~quire? by or under any: law to be regularly audited or, if the
.annu.111 ,valuation 1s not ·so ascertainable, one-tenth of the ann.ual remuneration
receiv~d ~y the person in question for the employment by virtue of which he
occupies l:t. · '
, . • Educational,-qualifi•;ati.on.
4. SubJect as afo1·esa1d; ·a person shall also be qualified to he includpd. in
the electoral. roll for any territorial co_nstitu.ency if ~e i~ proved in the ~rj'ls
_cn!Jed ~anner to havt: pa~sed the ~a:triculat1on exam~nat:wn of any prescribed
um~ers1ty, .O~'. ai: exam1nat1.on prescribed as at least equivalent to ·any. such examL
nat10n, or if it is so prescr1ped, any other prescribed examination -not lower than
:a final middle school examination. · . , '
Qualifica~ion by 1·eason of serv.ice in His Majesty's forces.
5. -Subject ,as aforesaid, a person,· shall also be qualified to be included in
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Piovi.d~d that; in rel.ati9n t~ the original preparati,on of' elector.al rolls.
and revisions thereof within three years from..the commencement of' Part III
0£ this Act, this paragr.aph shall hav:e._ effect as.if the words "or if' sh!} iS shown
in the prescribed manner to be literate"· were omitted therefrom. ' · ·
7. Jn relation to a Calcutta constituency, a husband shall be deeme~l to·
possess the' qualifications requisite for the purposes of the last preceding para-·
graph if'- · · · ~
(a:) he. was during the previous year entered in the municipal assessment. •
book
as
the owner and occupier of' ariy land Qr building in .Calcutt.a. separa~ly
nnmbered and valued for assessment purposes at not less than one hundred and.
fi:l'ty rupees per annum,. or· as the owntir or occupier of any. land or bllilding ·in
Calcutta separately. numbered and vlltued for assessment purpoooih at not less
than three hundred rupees p.er annum and paid during that yeaF his share of
the. cons9lida~ed rate on the land or bUilding; or .
' (b) he has paid during and in respect d'f the previous_year on his· sole aqcom1t.
and in his 'QWll ·name not less than twenty-four rupees. either in respect Of the
taxes levied .under Chapter XI, or jn respect of the, taxes levied under Chapter .
·XII; of' the Oalclltta Municip,al Act, 1923; or . · . . ·· ·
. .(e) his name··is entered in the muniCipal asl!es;,ment book in respj3ct of &JlY ~
land or builtling in Calcutta in ·respect of which not l~ss than twenty-faur
rnpees was pa.id in the previous. yea;r . in respect Qf the consolidated rat,e. -
· 8. In relation to an urban constituency which is not a Calcutta constituency;
a .hnsbano:t
Sh.ll!tll; b~ deem!3d to. p,os.sess
the qua.lifica.tio. ns re_qu. is.ite .for. the. sai_d: .
purposes .1:£•, durmg and ·m respect of the pi;evious year, he paid, .. m the J;UUm
cipality of Howrah, municipal taxes or ,fees· of not less .than thre~· rupees," or!
in a.:iy othel'. :o:ninicipal area or cantonment in the Province.1" municipal or
• "cantonment taxes or foes of not less· than one rupee, eight. annas. · .
9. In reia(\ion to a rur.al constituency, a husband shall 'be deemed to possess·
the qua.l~ficl.l.tions ~equisite for the said. pur~os(\s if,. d.uring and ~n respect of
the previous year, he paid>not less .than one rupee,. eight annas in respect of
municipal ta.xe.s or :iees, or not less .tha.n: one rupee .in respect of road and public
works Cef!Se8 under' the Oess Act, 1880, or not. less than two rupees in respect of·.
Ohaukida.ri tax under the, Village Obaukirlari Act; 18'70,. or fo i·espect of' nniop
. rate under the Bengal Village Self-Oovernment Act, 1919. · ·.
. 10. In relation to any territorial constituency, a husband .shall ~e deemed to-
pos~~ss the~qual,ifications i·equisite f9r. the sji.i~· purposes if hf\_ either.
· pensioned or discharged .. . . . · . , . _ . . . . .
~ Mt1Jj~t;;t's_»i~?lar wiHtary fr;ui;:a.il or was asseE!sed in the previous year to mcome -
tax,. or paid before· the expii·ation of the previous year any sl)m a.s tax under
,the·: .Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1932, in respect of that year;
. · i . Special provisions ·as to Darjeel1mg general constituency. . .
11. Subject as aforesaid a person shall also be _qualified to be i.µciude.~f in the
eicctoral roll for : any rm~al general constituency comprising any. part of the
Sadar, l(alimpong and Kurseong sub-divisions of-the Darjeeling district if that
person eHher-· , · · · t · ·
· (a) has paid during and in respect of·the previo'Us vear r.ent of not less than
t')Vef)ty rupees £or any land in the Province situate' in' a munfoipa1 area 'or. Cor
any hired building iii the Province; or rent, of not 1ess thari two rupees for any
lFM\~biJ'hiihe .~rovince not situate in a municipal area; or .
. iJ1~hX·~&~·t.he' ~,~fe-pi),;a,Jpe1;s9n who, during and in respect of the previouf? year,
Qf}fl}pq1f:l11riBllt1P~iMt1ilM1j!uth.4J;ll.l'l3ii<..ty; .irti;pees for. any, land in ,the Province situate
in a municipal area o.r for any. hired. buildingidn:,the Pm:vince, or rent of not
less than si:x;, ,i;v;p13"e.s\:lip,1)
1f.!.'.i!Y J.;.~Bd,i:rt,.the,J?i"Q.vi!.'loo\i~110;f;l' S>i(t~ate\_<iin•111'V ~u~icipal
l};~~3~),.'1}>if1·;f'• .. ;{) .;.,) 1 dtilfdfn -;;.l J[jH{;: ,Jlt/3"Jq J~ ,hff':?,~)'JO,tH -~LH J~)~J[dJJ~ "'"
' . :.-' A'i;,plication ·~ecesskJ/F'[f 'fer 'e'rM'Oi'l:ienf;i'f1t'>c'e1?1tfi'idt ";·i r rnr,
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Part of this Schedule . ~.1Lr&f1:;•~t~f.t ~l! \(),~.ia.ny_ territorial consti~
rt1Wf8~i(r rP ,4n'i.. r r'fi~ }.Il!VJH!W1'1.l]Ni~ lij,;1;11,.r,mtil:if: :iJi1 i9
J!h: ~1 C!8 . tfl~(~fl<\Jtff ~1sqr;vtclti,\qr,cjt,,;[·i ~·r~J .ni ldHd:ini
-noo ,·.1~::.rfitJ1eP.~ctl2rpf?ow'Jri1Y1i&,cmiJ(torJIJi'1},li~atlt>;11J'<Ymlf1til~£J~i)n·s~if' ·
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lnrterpretcition,, &c.
[CB. 2.J' ·
14.-(n ln this Schedule, in relation to B!'lngal,-· ·
n0alcutta;, means ,Qalcutta a~ defined in p"ti:'agraph 11 of se~tlOU three ·Of the-, .
Oali;1ith .M\Ulicipal Act, 1923; ·
· "a Calcutta CQnstituency
1
'
means,
subject to the provisions of this paragraph~
. with respect to Anglo-Indian constituencies; European oonstituencies -or Indian,
, Christian co.nstitm:ncjes, a com1tituency which comprises any part of Oafoutta ;'
. "prev~ou;i ye~r" means .the prer:.ou'l fi~ancial year or the previous ·Bengali:
year, whichever ts appropriate m the particular ca8e; . .
"Bengali year" means a year ending on the last day of· the Bengali month
of Ohaitra. . · · ·
(2) Notwithst.a.nding anything in this paragraph,. an Order in Council deli
miting territorial constituencies may provide that any Anglo.-Indian cpnstitu
ency, E:uropean constituency or Indfan · Christian constituency comprising any .
· part ?f Oal9utta, slfall, ror all or ~ny gf t~e purposes of this Part of thi's Sche·
. dule, be deemed not. to be a Calcutta .constitu.ency. .· · . . · . . ·
. (3) Where· property is held or payments are made jointly by, or ~assessments,
are made .jointly on, the members .of a joint family, the family shall be adopte~:
ai:\,the, un~t fqr d(lciding whether the i·equisite qualification exists,' and if it doe:!;
exist the person. quali:lied shall be, in the case of a Hindu joint ·£ari1ily, th.e·
manager thereof, and in other cases the member· authorised . .in tnat 'behitlf bv
: the family themselves :' / · · ·· · · . . •
.
Provided
that this paragraph shall not apply where members of a joint family
have separate accommodation and separate messing, and in any 1'mch case any·
reierence in this Part. of this Schequle to
1
any property,. paYlllent pr a.ssessment
shall be construed as a· reference to each member's share of that property, pay-.
ment 01· assessment.
PART v.-THE UNITED PRov1NQEE', . ·
· · . '. . · G~n_eral re9ui'.ement as to residence, .
1.-(1) A person shiill not he qualified to be included .. in ... th.iH~lectoraJ,, .. roJl :fo:r·
any territorial constituency unless he is resident in the. constitU:en.ey\;.,, .•. ~,. '. ' •..• '
. (2) For th~ purposes of this Part of this Sl:lhedu!e a person shall be deeme(l'
., to. be resident in any at'ea if he. ordinarily lives in . that arefl, or Jl}aintains a,
dwelling house therein ready for occupatiop. iri which he occasionally dwells.
.. Qualijic(J,tions dependen,t on taiva~ion .. · . . .·
· 2. Subjecj; to the provision.s of Part l'of this Schedule and to any overriding. ·
}Jrovisions
o:f
this Part of this Schedule, a person shaH be qualified tp be i.ncludacl. .
1 n 'the electoral roll-"for any territorial constituency if he.-' '
(a) w:a>J: assessed ¢!. uring the previOus fin:lncial year to income tax; or. · . ..
ies(b) 0;r&~ 1• t'h;&fl. ft~fl.~ ;\"'JioJI;¥ 9}\, ,:i,:>~rt~.~. ~~~~in the con~tituencyin whi~h. a muni,. ·
c1pal t!l'x is w. force, assessed 1n tlie P¥~V~<(i\'~u 1.+~~aty,:ear to mumcmal tr..x.
~ i?-,1;t1• Pf.,<;pm,~, ,9·hlf.Pt.il~!> ,~1J.1'H
1·1°B:~ ,Bp,p,.,<:l;r.~i:J.,;alfq;, .
0
~t\JPRT WNJN1m.
· · Qiu:fliff;CrPtions.1ilBpetr•dtn:i(on iwoveJWu~,,.j/r: '·' ·· · · .... .. .
• ' ·a!f La:fbfTesiHi(ll:N ' · r •i3e 3 ~'liitl kt!'.fl hebliri'<ilul!ie(:'lr i~ .the··
ll'1'1:M li,<tiy1rte:P . . . l'flhe'~i's· d.\VJtli;.>1''6'.F'ten:aii\.~/
1
()f<J3l
' ~h;·thle . :t~1e :. 'the;: 'lj!.ltie ?wh(ffeo'l ''is' D'.otitfess•·tl:ia:n
·ru'. !(J)iel! '\annum'
11r i' c; 'in ''the 'case' b'f 'a;iifflerhber'('Of'
1tha; seheil'uled<
cast~. ifhe is.the owner or tenant ;f a ;b.o:use or''b:\ii1 . >tl\i:Vnbtj.~titu~cftili13'
-reht'rlr value''wWel', '' 1'r6t < l'ess tfuth," e'J.;'• a'iinum. Jr. 'jl) ! l'i "A ) '
: •
1 'IC S •· ~t as 'it d' ,it· rib.rson i..' qualin:ed ;td· be•
1
inlilud~d in-the·
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1
'" -ci "~ ''t' ·~1,.1i<::r11 •welcr t~u, "f ", "f h · '.. ,, ···' i'• •. " ,.,,, 1 r rr, 1 i,
eiec ;or , 'io.\'. a:fl;y' ·e ;1vvflll:1 con ivuency 1 e-'--· . '· • ' '·' · ' ' ·
!ci!~H,)1 s Iaiid: ih tlie·
1
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''stitu~ney' .on"wlii'Ch'hmd revenue of, not'-"less than' five.
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9
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nh~! u€ttcflEfliee 'ot Jland f~Vefnue]tifiJh~;tfa:fi'd;';;teven~
nom.inally assf.\Ssed on the la11d for de"term1n1'Ilg"theifan'lount ofr1_rate.s ·1n;
r~ti]ect' ?f 11:\he;;l.arld 'e11;he\I W
0iJr ·togetne:t' wi:fa.:ia,ny:iantt:)rtr~en,tte . e.;by
. liitrr' 'ai3"'oWlrre1:
0df:l '6tiie'f.'. rrnl n:, thet'Ce'Fl&tiiluefiti:Y' llaiffi<:l'll'nts·i4!<r>rrot' 1eSS'·' . andft'Ve:
• - '!(:!. .,,?.~,~·-•,, .. , rf ~"f"rftl'-P '!<•d ~-"1"'.r·Tri•r ·i·r"'"r"
rupees per annum; or . . . . . .' · ""·:.··'·"· <· '·". '·· ·•• ... '".,"""'
.,. __ : : ·. _-· :·::: .:.:.i ')l ·,,,-I , ·-1•·hLJ-.:,1i ·_I i_}1·]9 ii.{ YiJ,! ~If .fl·J:·<'._"':1-~'.S .. f';' ?;;R ! ·,''
1 '' 4,,Ilii.~( ·S<ih"H'ilft,<I'j rtbe1:iin<Ifo; tt;J'l.d, f~,Pl:-:rn?f\'(J.\1i1>c$l!an!il0Uf'l""i:w~l).fl,me~wl c~'iit\. I ~40"(3 r~d 4.
Geo. 6, ch. 5.) .e<.':l'.l;rol "rudilir(t ·•idir::!n ;;'7·J~.1i-d/ i::iH 'tn ·r·)ihh1"
· 111i{lr '

j_CH. 2.] ·:a;ovemnient )if India Act, 1935. · [26 G:Eo .. fj & 1 EQ.W-. 8. J
-'(c) is a. tenant of'la.nd in the Constituency ifi ~·espect of 'Vhich re:n.t of not less
. -,than Mn .rupees per annm:il
1 or rent ill kind equivalent. to _not Jess th3.\l ten rup6-s
,,Per annu1n; is payable ; or ., · . ·
. (d) is an uiider-propribtor in Oudh of land in the constituency in respect of
·which under~propri~tary. l'e1it Of UOt l~BS than fiVEl rupees,: per annum lS payable;
~or
(e) in the case .of a constituency couiprisi1tg: any pint. of t,he Hill Pattis of'
Kumaun; is resident in .those Hill J?attis and, in the const~tuency 1 either is qwner
.of· a, fee· simple estate in those Hill Pattis, or is assessed to :the payment jlf land •
. revenue or ce~ses of any arncHint in those Hill Pattis, or is a Khaikitr.
EducatiQnai. quaUficatum.
5.· S1{bje<'t as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be included in the .
.. electoral roll for any territorial constituency if. he is proved in the . prescribe
manner to ·· hav<i · passed· . the upper primary:. examination, . or ·an ex!J,tnh~ati
1vhich is prei:crilied as the equivaJent th~reof. .
Qualificatian by reason of servi<!e in lli11 Majesty's ·forces~ .
. _ 6. Subject as aforesaid, a person· shall also be qua,lifted to be included in· t:he
.'.electoral. roll. for any .tei·ritorial constituency. .if he is .. a retired, pensioned <;n:
discharged. • · ···· , · "' · · ·
;mi·libi'y i8i'991i1. "' ·• . . . . .
· ·spticia.l provision .as to Slvilpkars in tke JliU Pattis Qf Kuma-im. .
·7. Slu..bject ali! aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be included' in ·the
.electoral ro11 for any territorial constituency comprisiiig any part of the Hill
. Pattia of Kmnaul) if he is a Sh,ilpbr resident in -a villl!>g"C in those _Hill Patt.is
and is. in the p1·esQribed maJlner selected_ :and. designated a,s their representative
'by the Shilpkar families of that village .
.Additional_ quaiificcitions .for woriien~
. 8. 'Subject ·as aforesaid, .a pe~sop who is a, womail shall aiso · be
'lie included in the' electoral ·roll for any territorial constituency-=-.
. (a) if she is the pensioned . widow ol" the poosioned mother of. & person who ..
-..was -· · , · ·· · · · · · •
-~ :Mi
1
it
2
ry fprq
0
s.; -or . . -· -
(b) if she i.s. proved· in the prescribed manner to he literate;. or·
.. (c) if her husband possesses' the qualifications requisite. fo1
1
the
·this paragraph. · . . ·
9. lri relation to any territorialconstituency, a husba'nd. shali be deemNl' to
:pQsse!is the qualifications reqµisite for _the purposes of· thj} last preceding para-
;:graph if-, · • .
(a) he is t}le owner or tenant of. a. house 01· building· i:h the. constituency, the · ·
;re·ntal
value whereof
is not -less than. thi:rty~six· rupees· per·. annum; (Ir
· (b) waa, in an area_ in which no house or building tax is in force,· assessed in
the previous year in the con.stituency tp municipd tax on an income or not less
than two hundnd ;.·upees per annum; cir
· (c). owns land in the constituency in respect of which land revenue amounting
to not less· than twenty-fi.ve rlllJees per annum is. payable; or " -
(d) owns laud in ·the constituency free of land revenue, if the land revenue
.nominally assessed on the land for determining the amount of rates payable in
•rnspe
1}t thereof, either alone or together with any land revenue "payable by him.
as ,)wnar in respect of other land in .. the constituency, amounts, to ·not less than·
·twenty-five rupC:'ef? per annum; or . . · .
(e} is resident· in ~he Hill Pattis of'. Kumaun and; in the constituency, either
owns a ·fee simple estate situate· in those ·HiU Pattis. or is as.sessed to the payment
of land revenue or' cesses of any _amount in those Hill Pattis, 01· is a Khaikar; or
. (/) is, in the constituency, a permanent tenure holder or a fixed rate tenant
as defined in the Agra 'l'enancy Act, ·rn26, or ar, under-proprietor or occupancy·
. •tenant a.i;i rleflned in the Oudh Rent Act, 1886, and is liable as su<,ih to rent of ;not
'less
than twenty-five
rupees per annum; or . ' · .
(g) holds in the constituency as u. teriant, lund in respect of which a rent of
not less than fifty rupees per annum or a rent in kind equivalent to not Jess than
-fifty rupees per annum is payable; or. .
(h) was assessed in the pi·evious financial year tO incom~ ta::i:-·; 'Ql'
( i) is a retired, pensioned or <lischarged 8tii. !i!!.'!@t,., -M<-@O•M'iiiofi!it!~l!Mil--l'!~ee'J!""l""°
'iil.tilier 8f His. Ahj
1
sty'l!I l'8~ular militt~:i fetocp/!i.
~ ' .
150
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"[2& GEo. 5 & 1 EDw. S;} Goveinment of lticlia {16t, i935. [Qii. '2.J .
$c . , .. Applic?ztion .·neceslj(tfy for wrolment in certain ·case.~. · . : . .
IQ.-.(1) J:fo .person shall by vfrtue or paragraph :live or sub-paragraph (a) ·_or
. .sub-ara ra ·h b of ara r.<i, h ei ht of ..this J:'art o1· this Schectule, o.r ;by .virtue·
· 01 0r: . us <i,n umg a re ue , pens10ne . or . isc arge . . . . . . · .. ·. .
~gn s•· "'"~lil~ii'.;\ be included in the electoraJ. roU for any terrltorial constituency
unless application is made ~n fue pl·escribed manner by, o.r if it is so pr~scribed,
011 behalf of, £hat person, th.at that person should be so meluded. . · ·
(2) On thf! preparation of the Qfiginal electoral roll for any rural constit.Q~ncy or
OU any revisiun (.f the electoral roll for a rural constituency· witlifo thl't}e years
froin. the· c:nnmencement. of Part III· of . this Act,. no person shall ·by virt.ue of her
.. :husband possessing. any of the other quali':fi(:ations ·recpiisite for the .Pti.rpo~es . ~f
the said .paragraph eight be included in the electoral ·roll µ11less apphcat10n. ts
made in the prescribed i:rranner by her, or if it is so prescribed, on her behalfl
'that she sho11Jd be so included. .
o . . i1vterpr:etation, &c. . .
il'll.-(1)" In this Schedule, in relation to the' United Provinces'.- . .•
''owner'·' does not include a mortgagee or a. lessee, and ''own" .shall 00 constru-.
. ed accordingly; . . . . . . ' . .
., . "'tenant" as :respects ·any· land in a .rural area means a tenant "a" .<!eftued i.n
the Agra Tena!lCY _Act, 1926, or the Oytdh Rent Act,. 1886, ·as the case. m~y'·:be,
and does n.ot mclude .. ·q, s:i;ib-~nant, -and as respects. anJ'.. house ·or~ bm~d1ng ·
' m'Cans a perso11 who occupies it on payment·. of rent, o:i; m tJ:e. c~se or a huuse, ·
not situate in military o.r . po}.i<!e .lines, a persop .who occupies it. rent free by
virtue of any office, service· or employment; ·.< · •
"under
7proprietqr" means an under-proprietor as defined in the ·Oudh Reut
Act 188tl- .
· .·· , .', Khaikar" means a person recorded. as subk in the records of rights ·of land
in the Hill Pattis. of Kmn11un; · · . . ·.
. . "bti.ilding" means a building as defined in the United Provinces Muuicipali-·
. ties Act, 1916; .. · · · , . . · · ... · · ·
.
"rental value" mea,ns
the value of a house or .building l?ased. d:n the amount
cf annual rent;· .. · · . . · .·.. · ·
•
"municipa;l tax".
and "house or buildi:rtg tax,'' mean the taxes respect.j.vely
known by those riaines· imposed under the United Provinces ;Municipalities
Act, 1916;. the United :Frovinct!s Town Areas Act,, 1914,: a.nd .the Cantonments .
1lct, 1924 ; ·
"urban area" means a municipality or notified area .as def,i.ned · in 'sub.:
.... section. (9) of 13ection two, and . S\lb-section (2) "of section t.b;t:ee hundred. and '
;·'thirty-seven of the Uiiiied P.iovinces Municip!tlitie:; Act, i916, ot a tow.n area
as defined in the United Provinces Tow11 Areas Act, 1_914, or a cantonment,;
"rural area" means an area ,whjch is not an urban a,rea. · . ··
(2) ,Where property is. neld OI' payments are made jointly by, or assessment!;
are made jointly on, the members. of a· joint :family or ."':joint tenancy, the .fiµnily
~ ~-:or· tenancy shall bc adopted as the u.nit f9r decidb1g whether: 1Jnder. t.l;iii:L;gairt
of this Schedule the i·eguisite qt)ali:fication exists, . and if it dqes e:kist, the
person qualified shall . be, in the case .of a joint.,;Hindu family,· tlie manager .
'-there,of or,. ii' there .i~ no manager, the men1ber· nominat.ed in that behalf by
. the majo;r:ity of the fa,mily, lJ,nd in other cases. the meml5er nominated ip. that·
.behalf by the family oi' tenancy concern,ed. · · · ·
' '
p ART YL_:__THE PUNJAT!'
. · .Gtmeral re.iJ.·iiirenients, as .to: tr~sidence.
1. No person shall be qualified to be included ·in the electoral roll ,for a
territorial constituency unless he. is.resident . in the constUuency.
For. the purposes of thi§ P.art of this Schedule proof that a person owns a
family dwelling-house err a share in a family dwelling-house in a constituenoy and
that that. house has not, during the twelve months.. preceding the.prescribed date
· be.en let on rent either in whole or in part shall be. sufficient evidence that that
· ·person is resident in the constituency. ·
Qud.Z.ificatfons depe1ident, or1t taxat'bon. . .
1
2; Subject to the provisions of Part I of this Schedule arid to any overriding
· provisions· of this Part of this· Schedule, a persqn shall be qualified to be in
cluded in the electoral rol:l for a territorial constitufcy if during the previous
· · financial year either..c.:.. · . · · · . · . ·
(u.) he was assessed to income tax, or wa\; in the Province assesse'd h1 respect
of any direct municipal or direct cantonment tax tO an amount .of .not less
than :fifty rupees; or
. 151
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i.
'[CH. 2] · . Go.vernm'ent of India Aot, 1935. [26 GEo. 5 & 1 Enw. 8.'] •
... (b) he was. in the Province· assessed :to ~ai~yat .br p~of~ssion tax to . an
. amount; of not less than t7o rupeei'!, oi m duitrrnts m which no such tax; exists,
to any ·other direct Mx imposed under ·the .Pimjal:i District Boards Act to an
amount of not' less than 'two rupees. . ·
· · · .• ·Qu'ai;:Ji.cations de,)e11de11i on in:opert &:o.
3. Subject as aforesaid; a person shi:i,ll also be qq,a . to be included in. the
electoral roll for ~tny teri•itprial constit:uency i:f he either;.._ .
(a) is the. ownei: of land 'in the r~rovince asi;\essed to land revenue of not less
than five rupees per annmli ;· or . . · · ... ' · . . ·
·· (b) is a tenant with a right of occu£)ancy as defined in Chapter II of the
.Pun.jab '.renancy Act, 1887, in respect of ,lan,_d in the Province ·assessed to land
revenul'.. of . not l.ess than fi,ve rupees 9er annum; or · . . . . . ·
(c) is an assignee o.f la,nd revenue in the Province amounting.to not·
than ten rupees per annum; or · ·
(d} is a tenant of not less 'than· six acres of irrigated land in the constitu-.;
ency, or. of not less than twelve acres of unirrigated land in t.he constitu!'l:iitcY; ··
or · " ·
~{e) has throughout the twelve months immediat'ely preceding the presurilied,
date owned. ii:p.lfiovable prope~rty in-the. Province of the value o:f n,ot. les!l ;th~R
two . thousand rupe.es or. of. an annt1al . rental value of not· jess thl!>n
· .si:ir.ty rupees, not being land assessed tq, land revenue; cir . " .
· (f) has throughout the twelve months p,reced:lng th(') prescribed date occupied
as tenant in the constituency immov,itble property of an aJ:!nual rent.al value ·'
of not; less than· -sixty rnp6es, n · g land as~ssed ~o land revenue.; .or ... _ -·
·~ (g) is a zaildar, inamdar, suf or· lambardar .. in the constituency: · .
Provided that the provisions o 'sub-paragraph {d). of this paragraph shall
be de.emed to .,be complied with in the ease o:li a person who. is the tenant· of
both' irrigated and unirrigated l'and in the constituency if the sum of the.al'ea ·
Of that inigated land and half 'the. a.rea' of tl;:iat unirrigated land is _not/lesl'.!
than six acres. ·
· , . . JiJd14ca.tiona.t . qi.al.'ification. ·
4. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be inCluded . in
.the electoral roll for a_ny territorial constituency if "he is proved in thl;l pres.
·cribe.d manner to ha'.ve attained the'. primary or an equivalent. or high(lr educa-
tional standard. . . . · . · . · · · .
. · Qualification by reason\of service in His Jlfojesty's foroes. . · ...
5. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be included.in the
electoral ro!l for any tet1·itor.ial constituency if he is · a retired, pensionecj.
diischarged . · ' · · · · · ~ · · ·. ·'
mi lit 1ny ftn lllll!I. · ·. . ·
. · Add,itional q~wtirficatio.n for 'l!Jornen. . . . .
6. Subject as aforos.aid a person who is a woman shall also .. be qu_aHfied to
.'included 'in' the electoral' roll for any territorial constituency if sne :ls the peri;
sioned' widow or the· pensigned mother of .a person who wa,s · . ·
AA1n1niaajaneJ;l -
8
offlc?r ·'g» Se.l8:i@>i' _ ei _ Hie Ditj~J!i?f'tf 1·sgttl~r 1nilita;:ry ie11)~8e:; <)r ··
~he is shown in the prescdbed .manner to be literate or if her husband-pmise
the qualifications requisite for· t.he purposes of .this paragraph. · ·
7 . .A husband. shall he d<Jenied to possess the qualifications
purposes of the last preceding paragraph if he either..:... ,
(a')
dui•ing the
previous financial )'Car. was -.assessed to income tax, or '-v.•as
as;,.ess.ecl in the P1•ovince in respect 'of any direet municipal or cantonment
. to an amount of riot less rupees; or
. (b) is a retired, pensioned or ischarged ..W~~..;g,g,;;i-'l<i~H!'!~Pe'!'!!l!!'!ll!i-t~~~~
, s~l~ier. 8i Ili@( 11!~!1@i3x's weglil8sr hniliL_ttlj . fo1s4Jr; 'or . _ .
(c) has throughout .the . twelve mon tbs preceding .. the prescribed· date owned
immovable property in the .province of the. value of not less than four thousand
ru.pees or .of an ~nnual rental vafoe of not less than ninety-six rupees, not being
land assessed .to land revenue; or · · , · · · · ·
.(d) has throughout the twelve months preceding the. prescribed daee·occupied
as a tenant immovable· property in the constituency of an· annual rental value
of not less than ninety-six rupees, not being land assessed to land vevenue; or .
(e) is the· owner of hmfl .in t.hP. PvovinM assessed to land reve.nue of· not less<
than· twenty-five rupees per an:nuu:i; ·or · . · · ... · '
(f) if;l the assignee of land revenue in the Province amoµntmg to nqt less. than
fifty rupees·per annum; or . ., ,
(g) is a tenant 0r. lessee und'i3r the t.erms of a lease for a period of not less
l,han three ,yea:vs · of Cl'Own land in the co~tituency for which an ~nnual
of not less tha-n twi:nty-five rupees is p~yable .: or
152 .

[26 GEo. 5 & 1 Enw. 8.J Gove-rnment ofindiaAot, 1935. [CH. 2.]
.. · (li) is a: tenant :with a right of· occupancy as defined in~Ohapter n of the .
PJu).jab: Tenancy ·Act, . 1887, in respect of land assti11f:11~d to · fand rev.enue of not
h~ss than twenty.five ru·pees . .per annum} · · · · ·. ·
. Provided. that for tlw purpose.~ of sub-para.graph (g) •o.f th.is paragraph; 'where .
.
~he
amount payi;i,ble by, any tenant or .lessee is ,assessed. from harvest to h!!>rvest,
the ann1rnl J:ent payable by him shall be deemed to be. the annual average of the
. amounts payable by .him in the three years preceding that in which the presQribecf
d.ate falls. · · ·
Special qv.az.ification for schedulea castes.
. '8. Subject as aforesaid a person who is ~ membe1;~ of the scheduler;{ castes ~haU ..
also be' ·qualified to ~ included in the electoral ·roll :for any•ter.ritorial consti-
tuency 'if he either,.:... . . . .. · . . .
(a) is shown in the prescribed manner to be literate; or . . ·
· (b) has throughout the twelve months ,preceding th.e pr~scribed da/,;e o'wned
immovable. pro.perty in the Province of' a va.l'qe .of not less than :fifty rupees, not·
. being land assessed to land revenue, or has throughout that period -,wned malba,
of a hause in the Province of not less than that value; or ..
• (c) has, throughout the twelve, mon.ths preceding the preseribe.d date, occuvied
· as tenant immovable pcroperty.in the constituency. of an annual rer+tal value of/
not less than .thirty-six i'upees. ' '
Application necessary fin· <;nrolrnent 1:n oe1·tain cas.es.
9: No person shJtll, by virtue of ·parag~aph fo'ur, paragraph si4 or sub-par1i
graph (a) of'paragraph eight of this Part of this S.chedule,. be included in the·
electoral roll for any .territorial oonstituency un1ess applic! ion is made by. him.
in tl\e. pr(3scribed. manne1; tha,t he· should be so included.
Interpretati(m, ·etc.
10.-(l) In this Schedule, in relation to the Yunjab-
"amiual r.ental value" in relation to immovable property means the. amount .
for which the property together with its appurtenances and fy.:\lJ.Uiture, if any, is
actually let, or may reasonably be expected to Jet, from· year to year ; . ·
"land revevue" means land revenue as dL•fined '..in sub-section (6) of section
three of the •Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, a~dJ in th~ case· of fluctuating l;i,nd
revenue or land· revenue' ai'>sessed on land subJect · to nver action, the annual
amount thereof shaJ,l b~ taken to be the averf).ge amount of land revenue paid
during the three agricultural years preceding that in w:hich the prescribed date
fulli; ' - ' '
"land "rncords" means attested records of r.ights or attested a:imu.al .record!!
of rights maintained· under Chapter I'V of the Punjab :band Revenue Act,. 1887,
and includes a'n order' finally sanctioning a mutation duly passed under that
1Jh11pt'w; . · . . . ·
".agricultural year'' i;neans a year ending on the thirLieth day of S,Apte111b"'1';
"owner" does., not· inclu.de a mortgagee; · . . · . . · ·
"tenant" in
1
r.elatiori to,. ag1·icultural. land meani;; a .tenant as defined _in the
Punjab Tenancy AQt, 1887,. and in relat.iori· to. other property means a person '\hQ·
holds that property by lease and js, or, but for a s·pecial contract, would be, ·
liable to pay rent therefor, and in,relat.ion to a house riot situate in military.
· or police lhws includes. ~my nerson occupying ~he house rent free by virtiie of
any. ofiice, service 0r employment; · - · ·
"zaildar," ·"inanidar;'' ''sufedposh" and "lambardar" mean respectively·per-.
·sons appointed &s Rnch in acco1·dance with rules 'for the time being in force u:n.der
the Punjab I~and Reven'O.e Act, 1867, and do .not inelude~ sub~titlite appointed
ternporarily for [l,JlY such person. · · . · · · ·
(2) ln cmhputing for· the purposes. of this Part of .this Schedule th~ period
. during which a person hai> owned any .lmmovab'le property, any. period during
which it was owned by a person from whom ;he· deriv(:)s title by inheritance Rhall
be· taken into account. · · ·
.(3) Any. reference to immovable pr1;rnerty, not being land assessed to land
·revenue, includes a reference to any building i;iituated on land assessed· to· land
revenue. · ·· . ·
. (4) Wher.e property is held or payments arFJ ma(le :by, or assessment.s a.re ma.de
on, the m:embers bf a· Hiµdu joint f&milv, imd the respective shares M the
,>,members of t.he family are not specified ir[ the .land re<)ords or .in. any municipal
or cantonmQnt record or in a decree of a civit ca urt, as the case. UIJW be;. the·
family ,shall. be adopted as the u:r'dt for deciding whet;her ttn requisite qualifiea'-.
tion exi:;ts, and, if it does exist, the per<;on qualjfied shall be the manager of·
the family. ·
1153
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· tcu. 2.J Governrneni(of"'hidia Act, 1935. [26 GEo. 5 & 1 :EJ.pw.
. (5) Subject, t0 1t)ie .provi~ioris ·oJ? the.'.last preceding sub-paragraph,· any r
ence in this Schedule to land assessed to Jand reve.nue; to other immovs;ble-.
perty, tG a tenancy .or lease of. 'iand assessed to land revenue or to assigned
" revenue .shall, in i·elatiem to ·any persons who .are co-sharers in such lanQ.,
perty, tenancy 01· lea'Se, or lan.d revenue,· be construed as a. referen{le to
.l'C8pecti Ve shares Of those persons ; · . • · .
.Provided that the share of any person' under the age of twenty~one years sh
iff his father is a.live arid a co-sharer, l:ie !;leemecl to be add.e.d to the· share 61
:fath.er, and, if his father is dead and hi? eldest surviving brother is. a co;sha
be deemed to be added to the share of that brother. . . · . ·_. ·
(6) Not more ,than one person shall be qualified in respect of the oc0upat
,of a building occupied in ·common by two or more penions and a:ny . ques
whic~ oJ those persons is to be qualified shi111 _be. determined in the prescr
manner.
PART Vi:I.~Bm~:a.
_ · Gene1·al. req"q.iJ·ernent ds to re11idence.
1;-(1) No person shall be qmilified to. be included in the. electoral roll
territorial constituency unless he reSides. in the constituency. . ... . .
(2) A persoi1 shall· be deemed to reside within a constituency if he ordfoax
lives ~he1'~in;, or ~as. his fa~Hy dweiling therein which ~e occl!'sionally oc?upi
or illfl.lntams thcrem: a <lwellmg-house reia,dy. for occupat:l'on wh10h he occas1011a
occupiei:;.
.. · ·
-_ Q114alifications dependent on taxation. _
' 2, Subject
to the provis10ns of Part I of this Schedule and to ariy overri
provisions of this Part of this S(1hedule, a person shall be qualified .to be incl u
in the electoral roll for a territorial constituency i£ he was_ assessed during
.previous financial year to .income tax ar was, in the previous financial ·y
'.l;ISsessed to an aggregate· amount of not less than· one rupee. eight annas in Tes
"-0~ m~nioipal t~ or is assessed, otherwise than in t~e S.antal Parg~nas, to ch
·'.k1dar1 tax of an annual" amotmt of not .less than mne annas
1
(or, m the. •~ase
:a member of the scheduled castes, of an an;nuaV amount of not less .than
:arin:as.J: . . . . . . . . . , ·
Provided that, in .relation to the original preparation of electoral rolls
Tevisions thereof within three· yea.rs from the commencement of Part III nf t
Act,. this paragraph shall have effect as if there were substituted ·fo1· the referen;
to nine annas ·a Teference to. twelve, annas. . . ..
· · Qualifica;t;wns · dependent on property .
. 'l• Subject as .aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be
·electoral roll of any territorial· constitµency if he ei.thet•- . . .
(a) occupies land or buildings situate in the notified area of J amshedpur
1tespect of which he is liable to :t»ay an annual rent of .. not less than
1
twenty-fo'
1nipees; or .. . ~ , . . ~ . .
,_ . (b) 11olds land· .. in the Province, .not situated-in the n.otifiP-d area. of .. Jamsb
pur or an area in whi.ch municipal tax or chaukiqari ,tax is levied, for whi
he is liable to pay a rent of not less than six rupE}es per annu.m o:r a locat c1
of not less than three annas:
Provided ·that in relation tc;.i_Iand within the Santal Pa:i:ganas this paragra
·f:!hall h8..ve effect. as if there. were. substituted for the reference to six 1'.Upees,
relation to the original preparation'..Of electoral rolls and revisions ther.eof wi
in three years from the commencemt)nt Of Part UI or this Act, a refer.ence
five: rupees;t and thereafter a reference to three rupees eight annas.
Educatt'onal qualifi~ation.
4. Subject as aforesaid, a person. shall also be qualified to be i.r:\cluded in 't
,electoral roll for· any territorial constituency if· he is proved, in the prescrib
manner, to have passed the matriculation examination of a:hy prescribed unive
·sity
or
an examination prescribed as at.least equivalent to any such examinati
or, if it is' so prescribed, any ·othei' prescribed examination not lower than·
11.nal middle school e:xamination'. . · · ·. ·. .· · _ · .
. . Qualification, by reason of .service in His 11£. ajest'!J' s for_ce.s. · ..
5. SubJect ·as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be mcluded · m t
·ele~oral roll for any territorial oomrtit:uency i:f he is a retired, ·pensioned or d
charged · · ' · · · · · ' ·
'liiilii91Y ·forges;.,
.
1
J:ri.s. ~H1., rt. I, the India. and Burina (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1940·
~e('
11
6. ch~_ · ·' · · ··
1~~, -o9'.5fr'°·"· ~-~104

r
. .. .
(26 GEo: 5 & 1 E_DW:. 8:] Go·verrinl'.e;J,t oflnd{a Act, J935. , '[C11'. 2·.1
. ·· A-dditional .qualificatiof} for · wo1ri,en: '
·6.· Subject as. aforesaid, a pe~son 'who is a~·woman- sh~ll alf!o be qualified 'to
he incl,µ,ded. in the electoral roll for an ter>:itorial constitu.ency if she is theo
ens1one w1 ow or pemnone mo ie1·' o ·a .per.son w Q was . . , · · ·
· aiio;i;lQlieel O'Biee1 · ei' eel8ier o:L Hi:s M~e:sl!:y 'a -~et;alftlt mili!iar, !@'l:'i!ilQ, or if. her:
h ... us~and ~assesses t~1e · qualifoia_ti_on_s requisite for th~ puTposes~ of this paragraph,.,
or i~ sh,e is shown -11'l the prescribed manner to be literate : . . ·
. Provided that, in relition to the original preparation 'of electoral rolls and
revisions thereof within· three. years from. the commencement of Part III of this
Act, this paragraph shall have effect as· if the '•voids '"ot if she is shown in the
_prescribed manner~ to be litetate" wei-e '.emitted .,therefro:oi. . ·
7. A, husband shall be deemed to poss~ss the qualifications requisite for the
purposes qf the last preceding paragraph if-- · . ·
a .in the previous financial ·ear he wa:; assessed tO income tax; or
· · · Jb) e. is a re ire , pens1one or. isc argec · . · · ·
-"°l'~ '@@hfoil'·Qf Uie M!iij.e~4;y'l'I J!l~td&r' rniliba:rJ £ou@s';· or ·. . .
. . (c) .he wai? in the p1•evious financial year asse:..;sed in the. Pr9vinoe to an aggre~.
·gate amount of not. less than three. rupees in respect of municipal fax; or ~-.
. (d) he is assessed in the' Province, otherw~se .than in. the:.Santal Parg~nas
1
. to aQ anµual sum of not less than two rupees. eight .annas m respect of.chauk1dan
tax · or · " · · · · .
. ('e) he occupies land or buildings sitµate in the notified area of J al'nshedpur
in, respect of. wh~ch he is liable to p~y rent of rtot less· than' one h~tndred and·
. forty-four rupees per annu!Jl; or ·. . · . ·· ·' · ,
. · (f) he. holds land in the. Province; not· situated in the notified area ofc Jam~ ·.
shedpur, or an .area in which municipal tax or chattkidari tax: is levied, in respect. ·
·of which he is liable to. pay rent 6I not less than twentrfour ·rupees per annum
C>r a. loe.al cess o_f· 1iot less. _than twelve, annas .. · . · . . ·. ·
Special p1·ovisions as fo ,Vulwmimadan:women's .cpnstituency. ·.
· 8. No man shall be included in' the electoral ·roll for, or be entitled to vote
· · at any election in, any~ Muhammadan constituency &.peeially forr.\led fo~· the
eleetion of a person to_ fill the' sea,t reserved for wo:men.
. . . . . Interp•·etation, &:c. .
· 9.~(l) In this S.chedule, in relation to Bihar~ . _. . . .
-
·"municipal tax"
me.ans a tax or rate levied in a municipality · constitnt.ed'
under the ·Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act, 1922, in an. area in respect of ·wnicn
11-notification has ·issued under section thre>i hundred·. and eigb.ty~eight ·of. that
Act, .'br in.· a cantonment, or in the area administered• by the Patnac Adminhltra- ··
tion Oommittee; · '. . . ., ·:>
. "chaukidari tax". mM.m1 any tiJ,X' levied under the Village Ohaukidari A!)t, '
1870, th'e . Ohota. N agpui· Rmal Police Act, 1914, or section-thirty of the Biha.1' ,
and Orissa Village Administration Act, 1922.
(2)
Where
property i1:1 held . or' _payments are.' made . jointly' by' OT. assessments
are made jointly' on, the members of a· joint family, the fa:rrt\ly shall be 11dopted
as_ tbe unit for decidir;i.g whetl;l.er the .requisite qua-lificat~on ex~"l~s and, if it. doea.
exist, the person qualified shall be, .m the case of a Hmdu Jornt faimly, the
l,Uanager thereof, and in ·otheT CllSC.S the member authorised in that behalf.:. by the
family themselves. · · ·. · ··
" .(3) Wb,~+9. property js .held or p.1J,Y)1,!-,2.JJJS are made_ jo,int.l;y: by, or. aS!'lessments
are made 3omtly. on, persons other than the niemhers of a JOmt· family, a}l . .auch
pertions sh.all be regarded as a. single person for deciding whether the req1iisit6
.. qualification exists,. and if it does exist, then, suhjeet to the provisions of Part
l. of this Schedule-.and to any overriding provisions of. this Part. of this Schedule,
one and one only Qf those pers.ons shall be qualified and the person to be quali~
fied shall be selected in the prescribed manner.
PART VIII.-:--THE 0ENTiAL PRovrncEs AND Erm.AR.
General reqit-i·rements as to residence.
1.-(1} No person shall be quali:lied to be included in the electoral i·oll for. a.
t"·rritotial constituency imless, in the case of a--rutrol c 0n.'f;tituericy; he'has a. place·
of, residence in the' constituency, and, in the case of~ an urban-constituency, . Ile
· hall a; place o~ resid'Gnce .in, or within two miles from the boundary of, 'the
. constituency. ·
155

·.·!CH. i.] .Gov-errfrnento] India Ad, 1.935'. [25 GEO. 5 & lEnw. 8.
. . (2) For the purposes 0£ th,i:s Part Of. this Schedule a pe;r-son .shall be deen;i~
to have. a place of· residence in an. area if and only .ifhe e1.the~; ·. · . . c
(a) hasactuall~r dvfolt in a hou~e within the. area for not less tha~ one ·hundr~,
and eighty days iliic.:.the aggregate'' during ~the lirevious :financial year; ot' ' ' '
(b) h~s' maintatiied a· house within the area.for an aggregate pe11!od: .. 0
' : not less than one hundred' and eighty days du.ting that x~ar as a dwellmg fo
himself in charge 0£ his dependants or servants,, and has v~sited·that h0U~e durm
that year. . . . · ·
. . · QuaU/i~ations dependent ~Pp.o1i taa;ation. . ...
2. Subject to the provisions ..qf Part 1 of thi$ Sohedu·le and to a.ny ovehidin
provisions of this Part of this Schidule, a person shall be qualified to be inclu ·
ed in the. electoral roll for a territorial constituency if in the previous finan.cia
year he e1th,er- ·, ' . . ·
(a) wq.s assessed ·to income tax·; or . , . .
.: ,{Q}.Vf.a./?., .· i:ll p,11 ,:iu::bM> .area ;in the Pr9vincc in whic~ ·~· mtiniCipal
on 1ioos1yat rn imposed, ·assessed to sueh ·a tax !i>l'l:· a-..ha1s-iy'lil>t of not·
~e'venty-five i':upee's.. · · ·
, ' . ' .
· . . · .Qu<i,lifieat£ons dependent on"property,. &c ...
?·· Subject. as aforesaid" a person shall also be qualified to .be
electoral roll of a territorial constituency if he either-. . . . ,
(a) holds, in .the Central Provi-!lc~s; as a pr~prI'~tor or. thekadar, an estate
or mahal the land revenue or kam11 Jama of which JS not less than t:wo rupees.;
or . . . . . . .· . · · · " ,
. (b) I:~olds, in the yenh'alProvince.s, a;,; a: propriet01: or ~heka:dar in proprietary
qght, sir lan~. or ~liudkasht, ,or,. as. a ruahk. makbuza, ra1yat or tenant, agricul
tural land, bemg sir. land, khudkasht or agricultural land the assessed or asses~
able la,nd rnvenue ot'the rent of which is not lsss than tw~ rupees. or c .• '
(c) hoh:ls, in Berar .. in o.tlier than tenancy right, agricultural 'land af whielf
the asses~Ad or a;ssessable land revenue ia not le'ss than. two rup'ees; or . . . · .
(d) is, in an urban area in. the. Provirice,. t!ie o>ynei· ,,or tena.nt of a building,
the ;:i.nn11al rental value· of which is not less: than six. rupees; or . .·.·
(e) is a watap.dar P1!'tel or a watandar 'patwari holfling office, or a regist.ered
deshmu~h or qeshpand1a or· a Jarnbardar. · · ·
·E du.cational qualification ..
4 •• .S.ubject as aforesaid,. a person shall also be quali:lied" to 'be included in the
· ·elector:.tl .roU for any territorial constituency if he is proved, in the prescribed;.
·manner, to have passed an examino,tion which qualifies for admission to a course
of. study for a degr~e of the Nagpur University, .or .an. exani~nation· pres.crihed
as at least equivalent thereto; or, if• it is so prescribed, any other prescribed eJi.a.
mination not lowe.r than a firial middle school examination: ' . • ' .
Provided thatJin i-elatilin 'to a constitllency in P,erar, ·the foregoin'k prbvi
s:i:ons of this paragraph shall be d.eemed to be complied wi~h in relation to any
person if he is proved in the prescribed manner to: have :passed any examination,
in the State of Hydera:bad 'prescribed ai; at le.ast equivalent .to an examina.tion
·&he passing of which quali:ties· persons under those ,provisions. ·
1
• . •
<J11,alifida.t1'on by reaBQn of ser·viw in H~s Majesty's forces and the forci;.s of His
·· _ · . Exalted Highnesg the ,Yizam of llyderabad, . . . ··
• 5.~(l) Subject .as .aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified. to be inclndecl
fo the electoral roll for a.ny territoi·ial constituency if he is a retired-, pensioned
vr discharged · · ·. . · · -:~· ' . , .. : . ·
-Rli}jtQPy fQFiQp;ft . . ·1
· (2) Su):iject as afoi·esaid, a person shal1 also· he qualified to be included in the
electoraJ roll fo): anv territorial cmistitueucy in Berar if he is ·a -retired, pl'n-·
sioned' or discharged officer, nonccommissioned o:{ficer 01' soldier of the re~ular
forces of His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, or a retired, penswi1ed
Qr
discharged
.officer or :r;i:an of the Hyderabad State_ Police. .,
. · . A0ditional q'ltalification for women· . . · · . ,
6,-(1) Subject as aforesaid, a person who is a woman shall also be qualift~d "!
to be included in the electoral roll for any tenitori11l constituency-·
(a) ·if sh(f'is the pensioned widow or peQsione<;l mot-her of a person w~o. war
' . -..; . " -' ~ . . -'
, ,
.·~·
(b) 'if she is proved in the prescribed ma.nner to be literate or to be the hold'er
of a pdmary: school certificate; or · · . ·
· (c) if her· husbahd . possesses· the qualifications requisite for. the purposes o:f
this paragraph. ·

{26 Gl'io. 5 ~& h'*EDw. 8.) ·• Government of fodia Act, :i.J35. r CH. 2.]
. ··.. §2) Subje?t a8 aforesaid,_ a person who is, a woman ~hall also be qualifieq to
~e included i.n the electoral .. roll for any territorial constituency in Dera,r if she
is t}ie;p~nsioned widovt or 'Pensioned mother of a person who was an o.fli~r, ·non~ . ·
C(ltnm~ss10ned officer or soldier of the regular forces of His Exalted H,ighness .
.fihe N1zam of Hyd(!;r11bad; or -an officer or man of the Hyderabad State Police.
: .. t...:_(1) A husband shall be .~e~med to posse.~s the .<iualificatio;ns requisite fqr
t,he pur oses. of the last recedm ra ra h if he either-· .
•.· <f-ts a i:e ire .
1
pens1one . or .1sc arge . . '
M1llJ111P !'If lhe. ld!a3eBt,5''"1 ~s!f'Rliu1 milih»y foroi'i; or . . . •
(?>) holds, m the Cfentl'.a;} ProviI1ces, ·as a. proprietor or theka,d11,<T, an estate
oi;. mahal . the land :reven.ue or kamil jama. of }Vhich. is . not less .than thirty-five
Tupees; or · ·· . · · · · .· . · · . · . .
'(c))1C<lds, in the Cen~a,r Provihces, a;; a proprietor or thekadar in proprie~.
:ta-ry· right, sir land or khudkas.ht, or as a .;malik makbuza, raiyat or tenant
·agricultural 'land, being. sir land, khudkasht or agricultural larn;l, the assessed
-or· assessable land revenu~'·or l'ent of which is not less than thirty.-five rupees; or
. . (d) holds, i:n Berar, in other than tenancy right,. agricultural 'land. of. which
. ·the _assessed or assessable land revenue is not. less than thirty-five rupees·; or . '
. (~) is;:' in an urba;rt area, the owner. or ~nant of a building of whiCh ;.the
-&~nual rt;in_tal value is not less than thirtycs1x rupees; or ·· . . · ..
. •. ·(/) .w~, in an ;urban al'eft: in which .I} 'municipal tax based on •. hai~irat' 'is'.
lmpos,ed, · asse~sed -in the prev1ous financial year to such a tax 911 a ha1;s1yat of
not less than four hundl'ed rupees. . · . . . . . ,, ·
~ . (2) In .relation to 8;ny territorial ilQnstibt~ency hr Berar, a hm;band shall also
be deemed ·~o possess the .. qualifications requisite for the .purposes of· the .last pre
·ceding paragraph if he i.s a retired, .. pensioned or discharged officer, ')1oil-com
m~ssioned officer or solqier of. the: regular forces of Hi13 . Exalted Highness the
N1zam· of Hyderabad, or a retired, pensioned.or discharged offic~r or man of the
''Hyderabad State Police. . · · . . .. . • . . · . · .· . .
. . Addition.al·. qualificatio?i for members of •scheduled castes.
··~ 8. Subjeb't 8,s. aforesaid, a niembei.· of a scheduled caste shall also be ·qualified
to be inclu.ded in the electoral ·roll for any territorial 'constituency ·if he is a
'kotwar, a jaglia, or a viilage mahar holding bffice. , ' · . ·
·. . · Application necessary fo.r erwolmetit in certain cases• . · . , · · · ·
· 9. N<! person sh~ll, by virt;u:e of p~ragraph four of this Pat~ of ~his Schedule,~
or ·by virtue. of berng )t pensioned widow or mother, or of l!erng literate or the . .:r
.'holder of a primary school; certificate, or of being the wife of .aill: sfieB!') It_i!B"l
. 88H<ifflissi0nec1 eB!;l!!el';, e0ltii1rr . 8P llii:!ll'l o'f . any fo~ce,. be jncluded~in the elect9ral~
· roll for any terr1tor1al constituency unless a,pphcat10n 1s made m the,. prescribed.
manner by him. or; if' it is so nresc.ribed, oi:i his behalf, that he should be so
included. · · ,
InterpretatiOn, &c. · · . • .
10 . .....'.(1) In this Schedule, in relation to the Central Pl'Ovinces a.nd Berar-'
"building" means an;y strncture or enclos·ure, whether used as & ,human dwel-
1ing or otherwise, and includes a, part of a bull ding; .. ·
.
"egtate." ·"mahal,'' "malik n1akbuza,". "kamil jama," "sir .land", and ('khudkashtJ' . have the meanings respectively. assigriecl. to them in section two Qf the
Central Provh1ces Land Revenue Aci, 19l7; . ..
"estate or mahal" includes a paTt of an estate or· a mahal; . ·
"larob'1rdax"
niet~ns
a lambardal' appointed undt>r the provisio:ris of. the Cent.ml
Pr·ovinces Land Revenue Act, 1917; · .
"hi.nd revenue" . means land tevcnue as defined in section fifty-six of 'the
·Central Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1917, and in section forty-nine of the Berar
Land Revenue Code, 1928; · · · ~
ir"municipal tax'' mean[[ a tax· imposed· under the prd".isions of t.he Central
Provin<'r" Wfnnfrinnlit~es Act, 1922, or o~ that Act as apphed to perar.l .
·
"proprietor"
includes ai1 inferior proprietor and. a plot proprietor, but Hoes
·not include a tr11nsferee of proprietary rights irt· possession, .or a mortgage0. with
possession; . . . .
"raiyat" means the 'holder or a survey number as denned in sub~sect~on (18)
.-of section two o:f· the Central Provinces .Land Reven\1e Act, 1917, and includes
·the holder of Jarid recorded in the land recohls. maintairi(3d by the Provincial
Qovern1:11e1lt as milkiyat sal'kar; · . · . · , ·
"registered deshmukh or deshpandia" means a pei·son, bemg a deshmukh or
deshpi\.ndia, whose name is recorded in the regiiit.ers of political pensions main·
fained. bv the Deputy Commissioners in Berar as the holi].er of a pension or
ciihare of '.:!'..Pension·;___ . . ...
1 Ins. Sch., Pt-.· I, the India and Burma (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1940 (3 & 4
~:t!· ch .. 5.) .· .
~.s ·°0-,'l~·b,el...n.· 157

. [Ca.:. 2. J . . GoV,P.fiiment of !1~aia:-Ac-t,_Hl3i5 .. [28 GEo. lj .~.1 Enw.
~'rental ·value," in ·relation to ittµIlovable property, means the amount.
whwh
the· prgpel'ty, ..
together .:with its' !t'ppurtena.nces and furnitur.e; , if any,
act~ally let;, ~r may ~easonably. be c.xpected' to be let, :from year to year;
' ;tenant, .m ;relat10n to agricultural land, means a tenant as defined in. s
sect19n (11) of .section two of t~e Oent~al Provinces Tel)aney Act, 1920, but d
not-. mcl.ude !" sub-tenant, a.J;ld m relatH.m to a hous~ not situa.te .in military
police hne~ 1!1Cludes anY: persc;m occupying the house rent free, by virtu~ of
office,. service. or employment• .. · . \~~" · · ·· .·... · · · -·
·
;;thek;i,d~r" iiicl.udes
a ga~rit\~1£n.d •• a~~1,otected-·headma.n ;,
• hold ... in· relation to land or an. estate or mahal means to be recorded
tne records .maintain.ed under Chapter V 'of the Centr~(Pto<vinoos Land ;Reven
Act, 1917, or Chapter X of the Ber&r Land Revjjnue Code, 1928; or, in the' c
of the M~lg~at Taluq of the Amraoti District, in the land records prescribed
!,he Provmc1aJ Government, as the person in posses!'lion of the larid estate
mahal ; · . . . · · · . . ·· · · ' ·
"urban areaHmeans a municipality, notified area or canto~ment, and includ
th~ GovernID.ent. ·i;i;un carriage factory estate at J ubbulpore'cand any prescribe
railway settfuments; , . . · . . . ..
"-watandar patel" and "watandar patwari" mean respectively a patel and
.patwari appointe'd under &ection five of.the Berar P.atels and Patwaris Law, 19
.. · (2) For the· purposes of· this Pa1·t. of this Schedule ante-alienatio:q. t,pnants
defined in section seventy-two of the Berar Land 1tevenue Code, 1928, lind~ecti
· forty of the Beritr Alienated Villages Tenancy. Law, J921, permanent tenants
defi:iied in section forty-::ieven of the Berar Alienated Villages. Tenaincy Law, 192.
and tenants of antiquity . as defined i.n s.ection !ieventy-three of the. Berar Lan
Revenue Code, 1928, · shall ..Pe deemed to hold agricmltural land in> o.ther tha
tenancy right. · . . ~.. .· . · . . ·. · .
. (3) Sl,lbject to the provisions of.the next succeeding su!J-patagraph, the provi.
sions of this Part of this S'iihedule shall have effe<'.t in relation to any persons ·wh
are co-sharers in, or in a tenancy or lease· of, land or other immovable property
if the res1ie9ti ve, shares of'. those persons in the land, property,· tenancy or 1
were held separately.' ' ,' . . - -' .·' ' ' ' '
(4) Where prbperty fa held or payments are made jointly by the members of a
joint family or a, tax is ·a~sessed jointly on the Jrtembers of a joint· family, the
-family shall ~e adopted as the uriit for .!Jecidin~ whe:ther the requisite qualification
~x!sts, an<;! if it does exist, the person qi;ialified shall bei in the. case ola .Hin~u
Jomt 1ai:mly, the rnanager thereof, and ·m other C!J,Ses_ tne metnb,er. authorised m
~hat·behalf by the3amily themselves, · .... · . · -. -; ..... · ,.. . . , .. •
(5) Any reference in ·this Part of this S.ehedlile to. a rejared, pen~ione,d or dis
chil'rged officer or mari of the Hyderaba(l ~tat,e Police s~allbe deel!).ed not to i!lclude
a r.e.ference to any person who has been d1sm1ssed or discharged irom the pohce for
disciplinary rea.son.s. ""
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. PART IX.~AssAM ..
Gene1·al requi1·ement a., . to re.•iden,ce.
1. No person shall be qualified to be inclucted iri the electoral roll for a t.eni
t.ori'al constituency 1n1less he ha~ a 'plaee of rtsidence iJJ the constituency, and
a _per:;ion shaU be deemed to have a place of· residence in .a com;tituency if he
ordinarily .. lives in the co.nstituency or h;:i,s hi~ family ·dwelling place i.n the
constituency and QCc:lasionally occupies it: · . . . · . ,,
Provided that in relation to the European cj)nstituency the provisions of this
. para.graph shall be deemed to ~e complied w!th 1.n rdation to any .person )f he
is actually employed a:uywhere rn Assam but is absent from Assam on leave from
'his employment. ' · · · ·
Qualifications devendent ore ta.xatiQ.n,.
. 2. Subj~ct, to the provisions of Part I of this Schedule and to any overriding
provisions of this Part of this Schedule, a person shall be qualified fo be included
in the electoral roll for any, territorial constituency if, in the previous financial
year, he either.:...., · · ·
(a) was assessed to income tax; or. ,
{b) was incthe constituency ast?essed in respect of municipal or Cf!,ntomnent
rates or taxes to an aggregate a.mount· of not less than 'two rupees· or; in the
· Sylhet municipality, of not less tha.n. one rupee eight annas, .or to ·a tax ·of not
less than one rupee in a Small Town, or, in the .district of $ylhet, the _district.
, of Cachar or the district of Goalpara, to a ta;.;: of not less than eight anna.<i 11nder
the· Village Chaukidari Act, 1870... '
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. . ·Qiiralifoca.tions dependent on property .
. 3. Subject as afoi·esaid, a pe1·son shiill a,lso oe qiJ.a;lifi~d 'to. be included : in
t:tie electoral roll for ~ny territol'ial corn;tjtuency if, i:n · the . constituency, he
e1ther-. . · · . · · · · · ·
(a) is the own.er of land· the. land revenue on which .pas been assessed or is ·
assesimble at not l\'ISl3 tha.n seven rupees eight annas ·per annum; or . .
.fb) is l~able to pay a local rate of ·not lt;ss than eight ·an nae pei' annuni; or
·. (c) throughout the ,previous fina.ticial or previous Bengali yea.r held fo:mi. a,
la11dlord land in any of the following districts, .that is to. ;iay,. Lakhimpur, Sib
s11gar,. Dar:tang, Now gong. or Kamrup, or in the Ga.ro Hills;. and PIJ:ld to th~
landlo'rd rent .. to the v$,lue of ,not Jess than· seven rupees eig-Ot annas .Ill :respect ''
of that land : ' ,, ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' . '
Provided that for the purposes .Of this-paragraph land situate, and loeal .
r-ates levied, in the distri-Ots of Sylhet, Oachar and .1Goalpara shall be left :out of
acc6unt. · · · · .
Educational quali,:ficatirm. . ; /
. , 4. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualifred to ·be in~iuded ~n. the
~electoral 'roll for any territoriB,}. constituency if he is proved in _the . .erescripcd
manner to have passed the middJ:e school leaving certificate exammat10n or any
. other examination prescribed as a;t least equivalent thereto .
.. Qi4alificatfon b1/ 1;ea8on of serv-ice in llis. Majesty's force-s.
Ii. Sub3~ct. as aforesaid; .a person shall also be qualified to be included in .tha
electoral roll for any territorial cons.tituency if he is a retired, pensfoned or
' . ~ .. ·• . . . ' . . -, " ..
Assam Rifles, • ·' .~
4dd·itional. qualiffom~ion fm'. ·women.
· · 6: Subj~ct. as aforesaiq, a person who }s a ;w:oman shall a~so be qualified tO
J:ie mcluded m the electoral roll_ · · 1 rial constituency if she· is th~
0pe son· w 0 was
. Mtt;t8My's Pllgnl!lP milituy ft;1ne8 or , th&' '
, or if_ she is prov:id i~ the pre~c~·ibed manner to be li~~~p~e, or )f .
her. husband possesses the quahficat10ns reqms1te~ for· the. purposes of this para-
graph.· . · .. . · ·· . · . .
·7.· A huspand shall be deemed tO possess the ,qualific:;itions r.equisite for the
.. r oses of the last recedi:iJ ara ra h if he-· · · · · · .
· _ . a is a r.etire , pens1one or · isc arge . . .
. 8';Mdi.e-r; of llis :PtfaicsbJ's .1ogul¥-.Mil_iba13 £01ee& Or .the Ass-aih.·'Rifles;~or.·
(b) was, in the previous financial year assessed to income tax;· or ..
,,. (c). wa& in the previous '.finahci!ll year assessed i'ri the cotistituency in respect.
of ·municipal or £antonm.mit rates or taxes- . . · . · ·
(i) in ,,the Nowgong municipality, to not less than two rupees; or .
(ii) in: the S.Nlhet municipality, to not less than one rupf)fi. eight atmas; .o:r
(iii) elsewhere in the Province,-to not less than three rupi:ies; or . · · .
.. (d) was in the constituency assessed in .. the previo.us financia.l year· to a tax
of not less than one. rupee in a Small Town; or .. ·
. (e) was in the constituency a_sses!led in the previous financial year fo the
district of. Sylhet, the district of. Cachar. or the district of Goal para to a 1;ax of
not lesa than one rupee under the-Village Chaukidari Act, 1870; or
(/) elsewhere than irt the said district!;, is,;the owner of land i;n: the ,constitu
ency, the land revenue-on wMch :has been assessed or is assess.able at not less,
than fifteen rupees per annum ;·~or . . · · . ·. . . .. . . ·
. (g) is liable to :pay a local rate in the constituency of not less than one rupee
per annum. · · ·
Application neoessa1·y for en·i:olment ?:n ce-r''tq,in case~. .
8. No person shall, by virtue of paragraph sb: of this Part of this Schedule,
be included in the electoral roll for any territorial constituency unless applica
tion is made in the prescribed mannel· 'by her, or, if it iS sq p;rescribed, on her
· · behalf, that she should be so . focfo ded.: · · .
Provided that, except iri relation to the original preparat.ion of electoral rolls
and revisions thereof• within three years from the commencement of Part III 9f
this Act, this paragraph shall, in ·rel~tion to women .qualified fY. virt;ie of, the~:r
'.husbands' qualifications, have effect only where. the .husbands '9.Uahficat1011 ~s
that mentioned in suh~paragraph (a.) · 9f par.agraph_ seven of this Part of tlus
Schedule.
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.Special -provisions as to seat reserved fo.r wfimen. _ .
9, The follmy:ing prpvisions. shall have .ej.'fect in relatio.n to any constitu:e:iJ.cy
.specially formed. for the· election of. ;iersons to ~II the seat reserved f9r women.....,·
(a,) no man shall .be included in the electoral roll for the constituency, or
be entitled to vote .at a.ny election therein : · · · · · · • '·
·1* *··* *' '
. - 2[8p~cial Provisions as to .Shillong.. / . ·.
. 9A. In .. the case of any territorial consUituency comprising .. a;ny , part of
Shillong,· any reference in this Plltrt .of this Schedule to' 'the. const1tuen~;:r1 .. sh~ll ·
. be construed as incfo.ding a· reference to so. much of the: areas under the, JUrIJd,i_c-.
tion ·of the Shillong·. l\1unicipal Board and the Shillong Cantonment Auth,01:1-i;y
(tS is not part of British India) ·and any .reference to. municipa! o~ · cantonmer1t -
. .rates
or taxes shall
be construed as including a re:lerence to -any such rn~es or ··
taxe~ as.ses~eq by,, or paid' to,. that Board· or tb,sit Authori~y in· t.h~ .. exerc~se of . ·
· . any Jtlr1sd10i.;10n exercised by t11em in relation t.o arf:as .outside British Indrn.]
. .,
· .. · . Specia,l prov~sions 'as to backward a·reas and backward tribes.' . .
· .. 10. ·Na person who· is entj:tle'd to vote in the election Qf a 'p()rson to fill a11Y.
of ~he sea;ts to be fill~d by' tepi:esentatives of backward, areas or backwa.rd tribes,
or is entitled .. to be mcluded rn the elector.al roll for any constituency forme(j
for ·the purpose of filling any such seab, shall.. be inCluded in the electoral roll
for any territorial constitUe}lcy ·in tlie province, other than · any·.· .constituency.
specially 'formed for the election of" persons to fill tI-i;e seat reserved' for 'Women; .
. . Interpretation, · &c.
11.:--(1) ln.. this Sphedule, in relation ta· Assam,
.. · .~:sm~J4,. Wo;a:n" .. means. a notified area constiti1ted ttnd.er Tlh~p're_"f:.'.vTI .· i'th
Ass'am ll'.rnn101pal Act I of c1923 • · , ,., •. ,.,....., · ,J}_ ··· · e
· "Benga,li yei:tr" means . a yea~· e_nding, on the last. d'ay o:f the-Bengali month
of Chaitra; . .,. · . . . . .
~·locil-raten-mri;tns the foeal ;.~te ass.essed u~der the Assai:'n Local Rates Re~-.
lat'ion, 1879; · · · . · , .. · · ·. ·.. · · · .··
~ ''landlord"' means a rorson, Under j,thom another ·perAon liolds land irnme·
diately, but d(Jmi 'not include the. Goverfiment; .'"·· ·• ·
"rent" tJnoludes rent :i'ri ktind or partly in kind. . ' . . .. .
(2) Where propwty is held or. payments are inade jointly by,. ol:' assessments .
a'l'e made ,dointly o~,. the members o.£ a joint family,. the. famil;v shall~he aclopte<l·"
as .the umt for decidmg whether the ·necess(try qnahficat10n ·ex1sts, iind if it does . .
c:inst the person qualified shall l;ie, in the case of a Rjnrl.u joint family,. the
man:tger thvreof,, and in other· cases the member authorised in that behalf by the
family them.selves: · · , · - ·. · . . ·
. Provided that any other. member. of any .such family shall•a1so be qualified' .
if the proportion of . the joii1t· property, payn1ent Or asse.ssment "which cor:i;es- ·> ·
ponds with his share therein wonld be sufficient for him t-0 be qua1ified if he
held. it swarately. . . , . ' ' '
' PART x.~THE NoRTH WEST FR6NTIElt PROVINCE,
.. General req1ii1·emen t -a .. s to ~ reside;nce. ·
i. No nerson shall -be qualified to be included in the electoral ro_ll for any
territoTial con~tituency un.less he ~s resident fo the constituern;iy. · ·
For the purposes of· this Part of this Schedule proof that. a person or, in the
case of ,a woman, . her husband owns a family dwell.ing-hou~e. or a shai'c in a
family dwelling-house ~in a constituen'by arid that that house has not during the
twelve month<! precediiig the prescribed date been· let on rent 'either in whole or
in part shall be.sufficient evidence that that person h; resident in the constituency.
. Q7;.alifications depe1ulent, on ta,xation. . . ·
2. tiubject tothe 灲捐൩獦潮猠of P1ut I of this Schedu.le and ~o ai1y ove~riding
proyisions.oJthis Part.of this Sched.~le, !"person.shall be. qu-a,h~ed to be inc~ud- .
ed m the electoral roll . for any· terntorial constJtuency ·if during the p;revrnus .
-financial.
y_ear, he-was either--'-·
.
(n) assessed to income fax; .or · ,
(b) a.ssessed in the Prov.incc in respect of any dire.ct municipal or cantonment
bx to an, amount of flot less than. fifty rupees; or ·
(c) in the case of a rural constituenc;v, assessed to district hoard tax. ot. not. ·
·1ess than two ru'J)ees.
1 Sub-para. (b) umiloceu •
. . Act. 1940 (3 & 4
ll Ins;, ibirt.
tbe India. and Burma (Miscellanem1B A1:nerrdn1en.ts)
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. '·.. . . . Qualification dep<J1idcnt on rig/iis' 'in property, &o. . .
· · 3'. Subject as aforesaid, a. person' shall also be .qualified to be ;includ~d in the
~lectoral .roll'· for' any territorial: cdiistiWency: if, in • the· Province, · ?e ·either-. · · ·
(a.) owned' throughout the ·1;weJi;v.e months prec~.dirlg . the. prc;iscribed date -:m-.
movable :property of the· value of not less thi;m sq hundred rupees, not berng .
land assessed to land revenue . or· . . • . · · . · . •
(b) .. ~as for . the hrelve months preceding the prescribed dat11 occupied .. a.s a
.
tenant
immovable property of .an (l;nnual rental value of not. less than f0l'ty·e1gh~
rup,ees; not beir,ig fand. assessed to land revenue. 01'
(c) is the o~n~r of not lesi? .than ,six acres 'irrigated 'land or not less tha'.n
·twelve
acres umrrigated
land or o:t land assessed to land revenue of not less than
five rupees per annum; or · · ' ·
. (d) is the assignee of land. reve'n,ue amounting to not' less than ten rupees
per annµm; or / . .
(e) has been for t11e whole of th.:! preceding l~tilli yeal' the tenant of not less
than six acres of irrigated land or not.' less than twelve ac':res unirrigated .land; m·
(/) is a 'zaildar; inamdar oi· lambardar: · . . -
. Prpvided ·that' for the· purpos<;.s .o:f sub~paragrn.pn (c) and sub"pa.ragraph (e)
of thrs ·paragraph If? person shall be ~eenied· to own or, as the case may be, ·to
. have ·been the teriant 9f; at· least six acres ctr. irrigated land if· .he owns, or, as·
. '.J;he case -may be, was the tenant of, irrigated and unirrigated land and the sum.
. of the area of ~hat irrigated land ap.d half tbe area of tJ:itt unii'rigated land i,.,
not -less ·than six acres. . _. • · · · . ' . · ·
" Educat·ional qm.ilifi~ation. '
'. . : ..
_ 4. Subject as aforesaid,· a. perso11 shall also be qualified to be i.nelu(led_:,
. . (l¥) in the electoraL-i·oll for any urban. constituency, if .he. is proved in the pres~ .
· chbed manner ·t.o have passed a middle· school examination or any other exami..;
~ation prescribed as at least equivalent to, that examination; . ·
. " (b) in the electcn•al roll for .a rural constittrnrn~y,, if' he is 1jroved in the pres~
. cri))ed manner .to have passed the· primary (fQurth class) examination or 8;.DY
·' other examinat. io,n pr~sori!.>;~~. as at le .. as. t ~l.:JUiva. lefi.'t. to ~ha& exa .. rp.ination.'. .....
·. , Quali/j,catwn by reason of service 2n 'His Jifa1esty's forces.
1
. · • 5. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be include(! in thA
· -electoral roll for any territOrial constttue:i10y ·if he is a tetired, pensioned.
' . " ~ . . ' -. . .. '. '•
. ' A.dditi01tal . qualiftcatfon . f cvr 'women .. ·
6. Subject as aforesaid; a person who is .a woman shall also be 'qualified to
be included in -the electoral roll for any terri orial constituency if she is tho
ens10ne · w1 ow or e • pe11Ji1one mo er .o ··a .pe:rson w o was · .. ..
, ii(IJ!lllisl!lis;;e~ sili@!ll' 91' lilti!l~t· @f 1tiri MitjeM!i; 'll rngaleit l"ttili&a:r;, 'fo'jee~, or if
he1· hul;lLauu possc3scs ·the qualificationti rliqltfoite for the purposes of thur para-:
· grap,h or if she 18 shown in the prescribed, manne1; to be. literate:
. . Provided that, in relation to the origin{l,r p1'eparation of electoi·al rolls an.cl
· l'evisions thereOf within three years from ~he conlmencement of Pal't III hf thw
Act, this paragraph shall have effect as if the words '.'or i:t J?he i:s shown rn the
prescribed manner' to be literate" w.ere omitted thf:'refrorn.
7. A husband shall be deemed to posses£ th~c qualifications requisite for the
. . . recedin . a1·a ra h. if either-
a ·he . is a retire , pens1onec. or 1sc argec A.~· ~;.,.;..~~~;i;i;a~B+;!~!@o>~~-
8~ .~"'#iQ1 .. gf-· Iii11. ]fI9jwugrty'e reg;ttlaz ntilJba15 --;~r@@s ;, or
(b).'he has an income of· at least :forty rupees per month; or
(c) he \v:;i,s. during the previou;; financial year asE\esood to income tax; or ·
(d) in. relation to an urb9'n constituency;· he Was, di:p:ing the p':l.'evious financial ,
year, assessed in the· Province.' in respect: of any direct municipal or canton~
ment tax to an amount of not less than fifty rupees; or ..
(,.,) in i'elation to a rm:al coi1stituencv, he w.as during' tlre preceding financial
· · year assessed in the Province in respect of a,ny .. cess, rate or tax to an amount
of not less than four rupees per annum payable to the district board; or
· · · {!") he ownerl throughout the twelve monU1s preceding ·the prescribed di1te
· immovable property in the Province of the. value of .not less Llia11 ;;ix hundred
rupees,· not being land assessed ·to land revenue;' or · .
(g) he occupied as It ten~ht th1:oughont the .. twelve months preceding tl}e
pi:.escribed
date· immovable pfoperty
in the· Province -of aJll. annual rental value
of not less than forty-eight rupees, not being land assessed to land' revenue; fir '
(h) he is the owner of .land in the Province assessed to land revenue of not
less than ten rupees per annum; or
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. ( i) he is· an ass,ignee of laiid revenue in ~.he Province arnouiiting to not less: '
than twenty rupees per' an;nuiµ; :or . ·. . . ' : . . . .
(j) he is a· tenant; or lessee_,. under the terms of a written lease for a· period
·of not less than three years, of· land in the PrQvince. assessed to land revenue· of
.:not less than. ten. rup.ees. per annuin; or '. · ·· , . . . .
(k} M is a tenant with a right of occupancy, as defmea m. Chapter lI of
· ··the Punjab Tenancy Act, 188'i; in respect of land in the Provmce assessed lO.
··.land. reve:nue of not less than .ten rupees per annum.
. .. .A.pplica.tion necessqiry for ervrolment in cert.a~n cases. : ~ . . .
8 .. No person sha.l~, by· virt~e of paragraph .four or paragrap~ ~ix of ~h~s Pa1;t,
of this Schedule, be u:icluded m the electoral r.oll for any terri:tonal constituency ·
·unless application is made by him in the prescribed nianner that . he should pe
so. included. . . · · · · -· . . · · .. ·· · ··· ·.,, · . ·
. ·. .lnterpretat·fon, &;6; . · .· ·. · . · · ·
9·-(1) In this Sched~le, in relation to. the North West Frontier Provine!!··-...
. ''am;mal rental value;
1
in refatiC'.n 1A? immovable property~ mean:s the JlifilOUnt -
. ~or .. which the. p.·opert,Y, together :with its app.urt. e:na,nces .aIJ.tt_ furr11tur13,,.1f. an;y;,
· 1s actuapy let, or may reas.onabl;;r pe e~pected to. b~ let,.. fro!£ ye!lir to year;
. "fash year" means a ·ye.ar endmg ·on ,the 'th1rt1eth d:i,y of. September; · ..
"land revenue.i> mea,ns· land. revenue as defined in sub-sect10n. (6) of s~ct10n
· three o! the Punjab L~nd: Revenue Act, 18S'7, and. in~the .case of ~uct11>ating la.nd{,
iaven'ue or land revenue assessed. on land ·subject to· river act10n
1 the. annual .
. . amount thereof· shall :Oe taken to be the average amounkpaid durm_g the thre.e·~
· years preceding the prescribed dat£·; . . · . . . . · . . . •
.. · 'fz&ildar;" "inamdar" and "farilbardar'' meari respectively persovs appofoted
·.as such in acc01•dance with r·ules for the time be~ng iri force urider the. PUnjab
Land Ee.venue Act, 1887, and do; not include a substitute appoiri~ed wmporarily.
for any such person ; , . . . ·.. . . . · . , . .· . .
'.'tenant:' in. ralatio:n to agi·icultural. land' means a tenant as defined· hi the
Punjab' Tenancy Act; 1887, and fri ·relii;-tion to othe1• pro1Jer~y, means a;· person> '
'"' wl:ro holds that property by lease and is; or, !:tut for ·a, special ·contract, would _,,,.· ·
· be, lial:;le to pay rent ·therefor,· and in relation to a house _not situa~ in military .
or police lines· includes any person occupying the house rent free by virtue of
any office, service or employment. • "
~·;f~) ~J;l ~ornputing for. the purposes o~this Ear.t. of this. Schedule'·the P!" .. dod ·
.~ dm .. mg_ which a person has ?wued .. any immovable ·prope.r.ty, an;y pei:fod ;during,.·
which it >yas. owned by ·a. person from whom he denves title by mhentance sh~ll
be taken mto account. ·· · · ·.. · . . ·
(3) An! referenclil to immovaqle pro:eer~y; not-being Jand assessed to
· :i:evenue, iµcludes a refarenqe to any bu1Idmg' situa~ed' on land f!.SSessed to
, revenue ... •.v.. ..... . . '" :... . :. . . • .
(4) Whi:r~ property is .held or payments are made jointly by, or asseasments
. are m.ade _Jomtly oJ?, .the nwmbers. of a jo~n~-fa;mib:, the. fa,mjl)'. shall.b~ a,?opted
,as, the umt. for dec1drng whether. the requlS!te qualification exists and
1
if it doe$
·e::xist, the person qual'ified shall be, i11. the case of a Hindu joint family . the ·
manager thereof, and iii other cases the member authorised in that behaH -by:
the family tlieinsel ves. · · . . . · .. . · . · · · · · · , · -
.. (5). Subject to the provisions of the last.precedi!lg sub-paragraph, any refer-·
~nee ·m this Schedule to land assessed to land revenue; ,to 0the:r immovable' pro
perty,. to a tenancy 'or l~ .. a.se of.)and ,asse.ssed to land revenue or to assigned land
revenue, shall, in relation to any pe!'sons who are oo~sharers in SJ;!,Qb Jl'!lnd,.·pxo".
perty, tenancy or lease,. or land revenue, be construed as a :reference. to. the
respective shares of· those persons : . · · · . . ' · · ·
· Provided that the share. of any pcrnon ,under the age of Lwenty-one years shall;
if. his f'!1thei· is alive and a co-sharer, be deemed to ·be added to the sh1.1-re of hi:B
·· father; and, if his father is dead and his eldest surviving brothe:r ·is a oo~sha,,rer,
be deemed to be added to the share of that b.rother. . . · ·
PART Xll.~O:iussA;
. General requirernents as to retsidence. , .
1. No person shall be qualified. to be included .in the electoral · rol1 .for a.
·territorial constituency unless he i& resident i'n the constiti;iency, .. and· a person ·

'~ -.. \·.·.', .· . . . .
' ~-' '
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.tihall lie d;emed to be residei:it within a constjtuenc:· if he ordina1·ily lives .the.re-··
-in or has_ his family dwelling therein which he occasionally· oqcupies, or main
tains .therein a d"Welling-house ready far· occupation 'which ·he occasionally·
-0ccupies.
.. . · · ·. . ·
. ' Qualifications
applicable .to au . teri-itoriaJ constituencies.
2 ... ~ubject to .the provisions of Part T of this Schedule and. ·tq any over-riding
P~'.OYI:SlO!lS of this _Part of this Schedule,. a person shall be. qualified to be inclucl-·
il<i m t!ie electoral roll fqr any territorial constituency if in the previous finan
.crn.l year he was. assessed to income tax, or . was assessed to an aggregate amount
of not-le~::' than m:fc .. ~·u:pee, ei(?;ht annas, _in respect of .municipal_. Faxes. .
.. 3 SuhJect .as aforesaid, a person shall also be quahfied to he mcludecl rn the
-electoral roll fpr any territorial constituei::\cy if he is proved, in the pr)scribeq
· D?-anner, to have passed the matrfoulation: examination of a11y prescribed univer
,,sitY, o:i: ar.1 e:i..amination prescribed ·as at least et11iivalent to any such examination,
or. if it :is so prescriped,~ any other presQribed examination. not lower tl}.an ·a frrial
· 1mddle school examrnat.10n. · · . . ·
. ~ · .. :i. Subj-ect as aforesaid,'"a person shall-aJ;;,o he qualified to be incl'.uded. in the
. · ·. . lectoral roll for 8,riy territqrial· constit.uency if he is. a retfred, pensioned "'or
f
·..-:1.f · ~i1it~!;e ie»eeri: · · .-.· . ' . · '_ · • . .· . . . . . -. ' · ·
·. < . . . ~· Subject. as aforesaid, a peTson who is a woman shall. also be qualined to
· ·be rncluded :rn :the· electoral roll for any territorial constituency-
.' , (a) if i;ihe .is the pensione_d widow or pensioned moi.hei: of a person who ""as.
' • -· • * • . • '
tQ~ll~is!l!i~:e:~-~ 8iies1! or ?¢
1
dier·
Qf J:liB liCtitj@_s-t5r'o rvr,J~~ _m:ili~aPy f1,:reee·, Or in·
the :previous .financial year· was assessed to· mcoine tax GJF to an. aggregate sum
.-of.not lf'lss·thari three rupees respect.of municipal taxes;:or -. · .
. -(c)
if
she is shown. in the. p1·escribe_cl manne1' to be. Etemte·: ... .
Provided that, in relation to tl1e original prep.aratiori o:I' electoral rolls 8,nd
· revision.s thereof .withiµ three years from the co~mnencement of Part III of this
Act, this paragraph shall have. effl;'et a8 if sub-paragraph (c) _were, qmitted there~
f:roIJ.1.. . . . . - .. . . ' . . . . . . .
"Spr;,"cial provisions .as to. the districts of Guttack, Puri,· Balasore and.
·. . . . . · . l *'.·: * i:-. * . Angul; · . · .
· 6. Subject as aforesaid, .a, person shall also be qualified to· be included in the
electoral roll for. a· constituency s_ituated wholly or partly in the districts of
Cuttack, Puri an{! Balaso~e (l.nd 1 * *· * Angul i£ he eithel;"_, · .
·(a) is. assessed to chaukidari tax of a,n annu&J ·amount of n.ot less tl;ari hine"
· · annas 2[or, ·in the case of a member of the scheduled castes, of not less than six
annas]; or · . . . · · · · , · ' · '
(b) holds land in the Province, imt situlil,ted in a municipality or an area .
in which chaukidari ta.x fo· Iovfod, for which _he.is Ha.hlA to·n11,y .r<mt o:r land '
revenue. of' not less than two rupees per annum oi' a local .cess of )'lot legs than
one anna: · · · · . . · . ' ·
· · Pr·o:..rided
that,.
in relation to the . .Original preparation of· elect0ral. rolls and
revisions thereof within thJ:ce years from the commericenif)nt 01' Part III of this .
Act, thhi paragraph shall have effect as if there were substituted for the reference
to. nine,annas a reference to twelve ann-as. . '
,, · · 7. Subject as a!oresald, a person. who is a woman, shall also he qualified to
b'e included in the electoral roll for any such constituency ..as .is· mentioned in· the
' last preqedirig paragraph if she is the wife of any person who either-
. (a) is assessed to, chaukidari tax of an ~nn'ual ~m!.mnt. of not less than two
:rupees, eight annas; or . · ..
. . (b) holds land in the. Province, not situated in a municipality or. in an area
in which 'C:haukidari tax is levied, for which he is liable to pay rent or land re~
venuec·of not foss than sixteen rupees per annum or local ce'sS. of not less. than
-eight ;i,nnas. ·. · · · . . ·
Special pro11ision15 as to "the districts of (J."'a.nja.m and 3[Korawt and Khondmal.~].
8, S\lhject as aforesaid, a person, not heing . a member of a backwarq triQ.e, .
shall also be qualified to be ·inchJded in the electoral roll. :for a. constitueney
situated wholly or partly in~the district's of Ganjam 3[Koraput and Khondmals]~
(a) if 3[in any of thof\e districts] he lilolds land.,11ot sit'Uateip. 11 municipality-,
1 Word~ Omitted Sch., Pt. I, the India and Burma ('.Mi'JOBllaneous Amendments) Act,
· .. 1940 {3 & 4 Geo. 6, ch. 5.) ·
2 Ins., ibid. .
3 li!ubst.,. ·ibid. . ·
". ~. -'-a 'J .ff° .. (., 'ee.v. ~.' 166

[C'-~. 2.J . Govemment oflndia Act: r26 GEO. 5· & l En
1
~. 8.J
in. respect of which he is' li&:ble to pay rent orJand foyenue of not less than t;.o
ruppes .per·annum; or - · · · . · · · · · ~ ·
. -
1
[ (b) if he is a member oI the. schedtded 'cm,stes aud is a village servant whe"
ther_ heredi~ary or no~; 9;] . -. . . . . . . ·' . '' · . '
•
2L(c)] v..nth?ut pre1ud1ce t? the gemn'ahty of: th~
foregoing provisic~n. s,. ·if,·
bemg a woiµan,, she is the wi£e of a persoP: who ~[m any ·of those districts]
holds land, not situate in a municipality,. in respect of which he is liable to
pay_ rent or land revenue _of not less than si~teen rupees _per annum. ,; '
Special pro!/Jisiow _as . to ·the . district ()f · Sa:mbalpur. ·
9. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall be quahfted to be included in the
electoral roll foii ariy constituency situated wholly· or partly in the. district of -·
Sambalpur ..if, in that district, he either~ . · . . · .
{a) holds land, riot situated in a municipality or a fanitation area, far "'hich
he is liable tb pay rent or laa<l revenue .of not less than one i•upee per· annum'
oi,_ village ~es-:i of-not less than Orie anna ~ or
· (b) is i:ti! OCCUpation Ot a hOl\Se for which he is liable to pay Tent Of not less
than six rupees per annum, not being a house in a municipality or. sanitation
area; o~'.. > • . . __ .. ·. . . . . • . . . .. . · .... , . . -·
... '('CY :LS' assessed to an annual tax' of at ieast twelve·
0annas iindef~·the CQntral c
Provinces· S.anitation Act, 1902, or the. 'Central Provirices Village 'S'a'fiifation ·and
. Publfo Management A.ct, 1920; or · . · . ' · · ·
(d) is a valage servant .holding office as a jhankar, ganda, k.otwar, jagalia Cl'!'
mahar, and poldi;i land' recorded in the recqrd of rights as service landc~ .
.
·.
Provided that, in relation Po the original preparatiotC'Of 'electoral rt:Jlls 'and
revisions thereof within three years from the .commencement of Part III of.this·
:Act, th.ii:i;_p'.!\'_ra,gr8,:ph shall have . as /if for .. the . references i in sub-paragraph.
(a) . thereof to 'one riipee'''a;rrtr~one ·- tl:ie:fe 'w€re"-subsJ;ituted •respectively refet-
,1noos to two rupees and two annas;
~O. Subjec_t as aforesaid, a person who i~ a, woma:n shall also' be q_ualifi~d ~o
be rncluded 1J1 the electoral roll ·for a const1tuency situated wholly or partly in
the district of Sambalpur if 'she i_s the wife of a person who, in that district,
either- · · . . "":
·(a·) holds land not situated ·in a 111.unicipality or a sanitation area, for which:
he i:s Hable to pay rent or land· revemie of no:t less than sixtee:Q rupees per annuni
or village cess of not less than eight a.nnas ; or · · · · ·
(b) is. 1n occupation of a house for which he is lial:ile to pay an annuai rent
of n0t less than thirty rupees, not .being a house in a muni:cipaUty or sanitation
area· or . · .· · .-· · · · · .
. . (c) is assessed to an fl.,nnual tax·of not less than ten rupees under the Cenfral
-Prov~!lCes ~p.nitation A~t, 1902, or the Central Provinces -Village Sanitation and.
Puhhc Management Act
1
1920. . . · ·
lnte,rpretation,. '&o.
, 11.-:(1) In this Schedule, in relation to Orissa"' .
"backward tribe" has the same meaning as in the Fi-fth Schedule to Act;
"municipality" .means an area constituted a muriioipality-JJ.ndei the Rihar
. and Orissa Municipal Act, 1922, or the Madras District Municipalities Act, rn20,
or an aYea in rei'\pect of which a notification has issued under · section· three
hundred and eighty-eight of the Bihar and Odssa Municipal Act, 1922;
"municipal tax" means a tax. or rate levied in a municipality; ·
"sanitation area!'· means an· IJ,rea · administered under .the Central 'Provinces
Village Sanitation Ad, J902, or the Central Provinces Village $anitation a11d
l'ublic Management Act, l920 l • - · · . .
·~chaukidari fau" lIH~aNs a tax levied under the Village Ohaukidari Act, 1B'70,
under section. thirty of the· Bihar and Orissa_ Vill11-ge Administration Act, 1922,
or under section forty-seven of the.,An~ul Laws Regulati~m, 1913'. .
(2) Whe.re property is held or payments are made joirttly by, or assessments·
made j?intly on, the members of a joint family,. the family' shall be adop~ed as
thi: umt fo,r deciding whether the requisite qualification exis'ts, and if it does
exist the person qualified shal1 be, i.n the case of a 'Hindu · joint 1ami~y, the
ma,r~ager thereof, ap.q in other-cases the member authorised in that behaH by the
family t_hemselves. ' · ' ·· . . . ·
· . ~3) Wh~r~ property is held. or payments~ are made -jointly ·by, or asse~sments
are made Jomtly on, persons other than the membeTs of a joint family, all such
persons shall be regarded! as a single. person for deciding whether· the requisite
1
Ina,., 1foh., Pt. I, the India and ·Burma (Misoellaneotu>. Amendments) Aot, 1940(3 & 4
Geo. 6, ch. 5.)
Re-1et.1lered, ibid. ·
3
Subst. ibid.
•? 164
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[
[26 GEo. 5 l ~D~. 8.J Govehi~ent~j lndici Act, 1935 ° f.CH. 2.J
quaiification exists, and H it does exist, then;.,subject to the' provisions of. P_art
I. of thig Schedule and to. any overriding provisions 'Of this Part Of this Schedule.
-one and one only oft.hose ·persons e}iall be qualified, and the persons··to be quali-
·fi.ed shall be selected in 'the prescribed mann"lr-· - · · • -
. . PART XII.-S.INQ, .
_ -· · Ge·ne1'al. 1·equi1·ement as to-residence. .
1. No per~on shall be, qualified to be included in the electoral roll for a terri
torial constit:uei:-cy unless he satisfies the requirement as to re8idence in relation•
to that cqnstltuency. . . · . -. . ·
. Eor the. purposes of this Part of this Schedule a· pers~n: sha,l-l be deemed to
' satiSfy the requitement as to residence-,-. . . . .
(a) in relation to an .urba:µ const.ituency, if .he has for a petiod of ··not less ·
than· one hundred and eighty .days m the previous financial year resided iri .a -
house. ii;, the constituericy or within· two miles of the boundary there
0f·
(b) in_the case ·o~ ~ rural con:13tituency, if he has for a period of not' less thf,Ln
one hundred and >'eig4ty (Jays in: the previous. frilan:cial :vea.r resided in a ·"hotlse
·in the constituency or in ·<!i contiguous constituency of the ·same communal des•
eriptfon: . · · ·· · · · ·'
Pro-it'ided .that a person shall be deemed to ~atisf'Y the requirement as to resi
dence in. relatfon to any __ European te~ritorial con:>tituen:cy if. he. has, for. a_ pe:i:iod
_of _not J~ss than 01!!' hundred i:ynd eighty days m :the-.previous financial year_,
resi.ded in a house :m th,e Provmce. . .· . · .
_ ' A per,son is-deeme~ to resi<;le in a house if. he s?me~imes uses it as a sleeping
... "place,_ and a p~rson rs not. deem.ed., to cease to reside m a. house merely ,because.
he is absent from it, or has another .dwelling.in whieh>he resides,--if-·he,,.,i·s at
liberty to return to the house .. ai; any time and nas not abandoned his intention .
of returning. ' · . . · ·
' · . _ . . Qua?iffoations dependent on ta..:JJat~on. · . .
2. Subject tO the provisions of Part r of this· Schedule and to any overriding
provisions of "this Part oil' this Schedule, a. person shall be qu~lified to be foClud
.ed in the electoral roll, fo1· any territorial constituency, if he wills l.J.Ssessed during_
the previous financial year . to inc9m,e tax; · · ·
- · Q-µ.alificatigns
1 dependent on property. . . , · ..
'3. Subject as aforesaid,. a person span ,,..also J;ic qualifi~d to. lie included in. the
electoral. roll :for any .territorial eonstituency if he-,._ '
(a) holds'in his own right or occupies as a permanent tenant or as a lessee
from
the Government alienated or unalienated land in the constituency on 'hhich, in any one of the five revenue years prece.ding that in which the prescribed "
date falls, an assesswent of not less than eig:(lt rupees land revenue has l;ieen
paid, or would have been paid if the land had n<tt been alienated; O'.r
(b) cultivates as a Hari l[or occupies as a
1
,tenanb] alienated or unalienated
land in the constitue'ncy on whirih in the revenue year preceding that in which
the prescribed date falls an -assesi:.ment of i1ot less Lhan i:>ixLeeu rupees lancl reve
nue has bee:(} leviable, or would have heeri Ieviable if the.land had , not been·.
alienated ; or . ' . . - .
· (c) is the alienee of the right of the Government to the ps,yment oF rent or
.. land revenue amounting to not less. thain eight rupees in respect df alienated land '
in the constituency; 01· . ~ . .
(d) occupies as owner or tenant in the constitumicy a h0u"e 0r bnilrling "ituate
in the city of Karachi or in any muuieipal h0rough, municipal district, canton-
-meht or notified area, and' having at least the appropriate vafoe. .
·Where
lahd iS
cultivated by more than one HarL only,one Hari for eve1•y
sixteen rupees of land revenue shall be treated as qualified under sub-paragraph
'(b) o!this paragraph i1:l respect; of that land, and any question which of ;;everal
Haris shall. be treated as qualified under this paragraph in respect of any l!l"TJd
shall be determined in the prescribed matrner ..
.. In sub-paragraph (d) of thi;:i pa.ragraph, the expression "the appropriate
value" means~ -. · .. · ..
(i) in. relation to a house or buildi_ng situate within the city of KaDQ,chi, an
annual' rental value of thirty rP,pees; ~ · . , . ,
(ii) in relation to a house or huilding situate outside the city of Karachi .. but
in an area in which a tax is based on the annual rental value of houses or build-
ings; an annual rental value o:f eighteen rupet~S; · : ·. . ·
(iii' in relatfon tO any. other hort:ie or buil.dip.g, a capital value of seven
hundred an9-fifty rupees. ·
--1fns., Sc~Pt. !,the Indfa and Burma (Miscelfo,neous. Aroendro~nts) ·Act, 1940 (3 & .4
Geo. 6, ch. 5.) · · -
165

.. " :,·
.. Govim1.mer1.t of fodia Act; 1935:< [26 GEO. 5 & l E:bw~)3 .
. "" · JiJdu,catianal qualification; . . . .
. ~ . .Subject as afor.esaid, a perscm BhalI ltiso .be qµalified. to. be. included in th
electoral roll for .any .:fiirrit'ol'ial constituency if· he is pr.oved .. in the· prescribe
manner to have passed. the. matriculation or· school leaving examination of· ·
. university of Bombay oran examination prescribed as at leasjf equivalent to,ei
-Of those examinatio(!S Ol', if it is. SO prescribed,. any other. prescribed examin
tion, not being lower than a vernacular· final examination.
Qualification by reasQ1i,_ of serv·foe in His lf1ai1!-!!ty's forces; ,
. 5. Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be qualified to be incfoded in th
electoral roll for any territorial constituency, if Jw is a l'etired, pensioned o
discharged .. .. · · · · ·" · · · · ·
1;i;iilitariJ :!M@ee. ~ ·
Add-itional (jualificaiiori for worne;n .
. • 6. Subject as afo1·esaii:l., a person who is a woman . shall .also be. qu:alified .
be i1:cl u·dE:<d ,ln the. electoral roll for any territorial consH,tucncy, if she. is t
pens10ned .widow or tlie pensioned mother Qf a p,erson ·.who .was . . ? · ..
e9MP?}.£tiAi9R8_8: s:Sietre SP e8l9iQP. ~£ l;li" 14:2j@?.t:v's rA:~fttlsr .. tll!N$ies1.l ·:ieYeee, -0r. ·i
. sl;le is. proved in the prescribE>d manner to .ha literate, 01 .if her husbarid possesse
. the qualificfJ,tioris requisite for. tlie purposes· 0f th· · aplL · · ·
7. A husband shall not be deemed to· possess :lications requisite fo
the purposes of the last ·preceding paragraph unless he satisfies the requiremeil
as to residence in relation to the· constituency in question, ·but,. subject as afor
said a husband shall be deemed to possess the .said qualificatfons if he.....,
(a.) was jn the previous· financial year· assessed· to income
. ( b) is a retired, pensioned or discharged +l!Mo"11,o-.lllo8ilil~~ili!i@&i!@'!!~!-@-ee'!'.,._M
Hhii11r 8'f Jiis ~h j @!!ii;, '11 HJgttltu wflit1uiy feuss; \Jr
(c) .holds in his own right or occupies as a permanent tenant or as a lesse
from the Governmentc-alienated or unalienated land in the constituency on w
in any one of the five revenue years preceding that in :which the prescrHied da
.falls, an assessment of land revenue amounting, in the Up.per . Sind Frontier
district, to not less thari sixteen rupees/ and, elsewhere, to not less than thirt ·
two. rupees, ha..~ been ·paid, or would have been paid-if the land had not
alienated; or · · · . .. . ~ . .
(d) is· the. alieriee of the right of the Gove.rnment. to the payment of .:rent or
land revenue ih respect of alienatetl land in the. constituency~ amountingh ini the
Upper Sind Front.ier district, to not less thansixteen rupees, and, elsew ere, tQ
not less· thl!-n thfrty-two rupees; or . ·
· (e) occupies as owner or tenant in the. constituency a hmiseor bttilding situa ·
in· the city of Karachi. or in a municipal boro1igh, municipal district, canton~
' nient or l'1:0tifi:ed area, and .having at least the appropriate value. . ·:
· . In sub-par.agraph (e) of. ~his oatagraph, the exp:ression ''.appropriate value"
means- .·· · . .
·. (i} in. rel_atio-n. to a hom;~ or building within the city of' Karachi, an annuaJ"
rental. value of sixty rupees; · · . . . .
'(ii) in relation to a houf\e or building situate in any other;-area in which a11y
tax is based on the annual rental value of house.~' or buildings, an annual rental
vvalue of thirty-six rupees; and. . . . . .
(iii) fo relation to any oth!'lr houEe Qr building, a capital value of one thousan
five hundred rupees. . ·
. Application necessa.ry /or enrolment in certain case~. .. .
3, No person shall by virtue of paragraph foµr or paragraph ~ix of th?s P.a1·t
oi this .Schedule be included in the electoral roll for any terntonal coni;tituency
unless .application is made in bhe prescribed manner by him; or, if it is so pres
cribed, on his behalf that he ·should be so include_d. . . , . ·
. Pr021is-ions as to joint prope:rty, &Jc. ; . .
9.-(i) Subject to the provisio~s pf this paragraph,-any referenee in this Par .
of this Schedule to land or other immovable p1·operty, or to rent or. land revenuf_'
h
1 respect of alienated •land, shall, in relation to a.ny persons who· are co-sharers.
in such land, property, rent or land revenue, be construed as a ·reference to the
respective shares of those persons. · · . . · · -
(2) Where two or m.ore persons occupy any house, the rental value of t)ie hous .
shall, in relation to each of those persons, be deemed to .. be :the rental value there
.of divided by the nm;nber of those persons. . · . · • . .
(3) Where property is own~d
1
held or oceupied, or paym~n~s a.re Jl!ade, Jomtly
. by, or assesl!Ihents ·are made ·1 orntly on,· the 1:Ilerr:bers of a Jorn~ family~ :tnd. the
property, payments or assessments wou~d quabfy a·. persop. if they nad. ~een
owned; held, occupied or made by or on him solely, the~, suhJect to the prov1s1oni:1
166 .

,·. . . . '. . . . ' . '
« f26 G:ioo, 5 & 1 Enw. 8.] Go11m·nment of India. Aot, 1935. [OH:. 2.J ·
· .. ~f Part ~ of; thjs Schedule_ :an~.tC? any overriding; prov.:ijons.,of ~his Partof this
.~chedule:, one member of. the faµnly shall be quahfi~d m respect, of' the prop~rty,
. payi:nent or assessment
1
and that; i:er(!on shall be, rn the ca.Be pf a Hindu ~oint
i.·.· iaml~Y.i the ma.nager thereof and m other c1:1.ses the member authorised in that·
t . ibehatf by the family themselves. · · . · . , . . ~ . · · ~
. . . Save as aforesaid ii.ny property owned, held or occupied or payments· made
I
.. jointly by, or. i;i,ssessments made jointly' on, the members of a .joint family, shalL
'. be left out of account fnr the. purposes of this Part of this Schedule, •, ·.·. . ..
"' • .· (4) Nothing in ~h~s paragra.ph,affects .the provisions of, Part}. of this Sf:lhe.dlde ·
' 1 :relatmg to partners rn firms assessed to income tax or the prov1s1ons of this Part
~~l§J·this Schedule relating to Hari~~ .. . . , .. ·.. · . . . , : , · .· ,
· · · · · I 'll:terpretation, &Jc. · · · ·
10.--c"(l) In this Schedule, in relation to $ind-' .
. "tenant" means. a lessee whether holding. under an Instrument or , under a:\l
· G;ral agreerµent, ·and includes a mortgagee of a tenant's rights with .Possession,
~nd, fo reXatiopAo. a house not situate in mi\ita,:ry. or police Hnes, also h.1.C~udes '
. any person occupymg the' house , rent f:i;ee" by virtue of any office, · 'service or'!:
'8n'lP.loyment; . · . ' . . . · . . .· .. · . . . " · . . · .
"holder'" means a, person lawfully iu possession of. land, whether ,his posses"
~ Jiion is actual or .not; and "hold" shall be construed' accordingly. · · · · .
*
1
; :~( (2) The value, of! any mach~n<::ry, furniture or ;ioiquipm.el!t co?tai~ed ill or /
'.; · . situate uDon any .house or bmlding. shall not he mcluded m !lStima~mg for the
. purposes of this Part .of .this Schedule the rental value or the ca.pital value of
the house or building; · . · · . · . · . . . · . · ·
(3) In computing :!'or the purposes of this Part of this ScheduJe. the a-ssessab,le
va,lue
of
any }and, mga;rd .shall qe l:iaCJ. to t!ie average rate .of assessme~t on
assessed land m the same village or., lf there is JlO 11uch land m the. same village, .
the average rate of assessment, on assessed ianrl in t,he nearest village c011taining
assessed
land.. · '
SEVENTH S.OHEDULE.1
(Secti'ons 100, 104~.
LEGlSLATIVE LISTS.
" . · · · · LIS'.l' r~.-.....FEDERAL' L:Eo1sr,A1'1vE
L1sT. .. , . • . .
. 1. HiS Mujesty's naval, military a,nd air.forces borne on the Indian establish~
·rnent and any other ~rmed force i'aised in India by the Crown, not befog forces
:raised
for employment
in Indian. States or milihary or anmed police maintained
•by Provincial Governments; any .armed £moos •which are · not liforces ,0£ . His
"Majesty, but are .attached to or operating with :my of His :M'.ajesty:'s naval,
military or air :fo1·ces borne on the Indian· establishment; central intelligence
. bureau; preventive 9,etention in British .'India for i·easons o( State connecfud
~'ith de~ence, t:;xternal, affairs, or the di9charge of the functions 'of t)le Crowu in
i.t11 J.1ulu,Lmna with Ind11u1 Sta.teG. · . ' . · ·
2. Na val, military an.d air force work;s; focal self~gc).Vernmeut' in· cantonment
. areas· (notibeing captonment areas of .Indian State troops), 2[the .constitution
n.nd powers witliin such areas of· cantonment authorities] the regulation of house
aooomm6dation in . such· areas, and, within '.B1·itJsh India, the delimitation of .
such areas. . . . ' . . . . . .
3. Ex~rnal •affafrs; the implementing of treaties and agreements with other
comttries-; extradition, including the sufre.Q.de.r o! criminals and ncci1sed persons
to parts of His M'.ajesty's dominions outside India. '
4. :Ecclesiastical affairs, including ~uropeari cemete1·ieA; ·
5. Currency,; coinage and legal tender. · . . ·
6. Public debt of the Federation. . .
·. 7. Posts and telegraphs, ·indudinf.l,' telenhones, · Wheless , hroo.dcaiiting, and
'.other like forms of conimunica,tion · Post Office Savings Bank. · · ·
8. Federal Public Services and Federal Public Service Comm fas ion. , ..
9. Federal pensions, that is fo say, pensions· payable by the' Federation 01'
nut of Federal revenues. , .
W. Works, lands and buildings vested in, or in. the possessi01;i. of, His Majesty
:for the purposes of' the Federation (not peir\g. naval, military or air fo1·<.ie works),
but; as regards property' Rituate in .. a . Province,-subject always Plli)v,iucial
legisla:tion, sa\'le
in
so far. as :B'ederal la:w' ot.herwise provides, · · re:ga.rds "
1 This. ScheifoT.e came
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Ins., ''-'JJ, the·India
Ch. 5.) .
for<'e on the ht April, l!l~7. under pR.ra. 3,'G.-ofI. (C.
Burma (Miseellaneou8 Amendments) Act, 1940. (~.
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_[C'H. 2.] §ove1·wm.ent of Indii1 Avt, 1935. [26 GE6. 5 & 1 'EDW. 8.J
.• property in .a.· . )l'euer. ated'":State hel.d by virtue of any 11;1ase ·or agreell!ent. with
that State, subJeqt to . tne terms of .tl}.at 1 ease or agreement., · ~ . · . · ·
·. 'll. The Impe;rial. Library, the Indian I'tiu:;ieum, the Imperial W1'l!r Museum,.·
the Victoria )fomorial, and any· s,imilar .instituti.on ·controlled or financed by
the Federation. · · . . · · . · · ·.• ·
.. 12. Federal agencies and institutes for the following purposes; that'is to say, •
.for ·.research,
for professional
or technical . training, or for the promotion of'
·special studies. . . . . . . .
13. The Benare,<s· Hin.du University and the· Aligarh Muslim University.
,.... 14. The Suryey of India, the Geological, ]fotaniclal ·and Zoological Surveys of
India; Federal meteo1;010gical o,rganisations. · . · ·
15. Ancient and . hiStorical nionuments ; aYchreologj,cal sites at,1d .remains.
· 16· Census. · t · · . · " .
17. Admission :i,nto, and emigration and exp.ulsion' from; India, includ:i,ng in
r.elatio)l .thereto the re@la-tfon of the . movements in India of
0 persons. who are
no~ ]3ritish. subjects .d?micped ·in. If!-dia, spbjects of . an~ Federated . State, • or
. Jln~ish sub JOOts dom1c1led .rn. the. U mted Krngdom5 p1lgnmages to· places .beyon~
India. . . . . . , . ·· . · .. ,· . . .. · . . · . . . . ,
, 18. Pott quaran.tine; seamen's frid marine hospitals, and hospj.tals' connected .
with· port quarantme. • . . " . · . ·
19. Import and export across customs frontiers as defined· b3' the Federal'
Government. · . ~ · · · · · · . · · , ·
20. Federal railw&Y,S; the regulation of all railway& other than. minor rail
ways in respem of safety, maximum and minimum. rates and fares, stati0n: and'
servfo13 terminal, charges, intercha:nge of 't'raffic arid the responsibility of railwn,y.
aCf,w,inJstration~ as carriers of . goods. and p_assengers~ the regulation of minor ·
railways in respept . of safety and the responsibility o~ tho administirations of ·
sutih
ratlways
as carriers of· goods a)ld passengers. . :. · .·
-21. Maritime shipping and navigation, including shipping apd navigation on
$.idal waters; Admiralty jurisdiction. . · . ·
22. Major ports;. that is to say, the de.olaration and delimitation of such ports,
and the constitution and powers of Port Authorities therein. : · · · . "
23. Firihini;; and fisheries beyond. territorial· waters. . . . . ·
· 24. A irc:raft and air imvigatioi1; the :provision of aerodromes; r·egulfi,tion and"
organisation of air tra'ffic .and of aerodronies. . · •
.. · 25. · Lighthouses, including lightships, beacon's .and other provision fq,r the-
saf.-ity of shipping and aircraft; . . . .
· . 26. Carria;g1~· 9£. passengers •and goods by sea ~r by au. ". . ,
27; Copyright, invcntiOns, '9esigns, trademarks and merchandise marks, .
, 28. Cheques,. .bills of exchange, promissory not.es and other like instruments.
29. Arms; ,firearms; ammunition. ,,
qO. Explosh·es. . . . · · , . . · .·· ·· ·
31. Opium, so far as regar?s ~ultivation and manufacl;ure, 'or l:Jale for .exp?rt ..
. 32. Pe.troleum and· other .liquids and substa11ccs declared. by Fe~eral law t-0·
b~ dangeroi:isly inflammable, so far ··as i·egards · possession, storage and trans~
"port. . · · · · ·. · · . · , · ··
33. CorporatiOns, that is to say, the'incorporation, regulation,and wfoding-up
of trading co1·pqratious, including banking, insui·ance ·and financial corporations.
but not 'ineluding coi'-porations owned or corit1;olled by .a Federatci;] State and
carrying on busines~ only within that State or co-operative soeietiesi and• of'
corporlJitioi1s, :\vhether trading or not, .with objects not confined to· one unit l[but
not including uni.ver!lities. l ' , ; . . , ,, ·. ' .
. . 34. Development of industries, where development under Fede1:al control is ·
declared by :Federal law to be expedient iri the public interest. . ·
3il. Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields.. . . . .
:!6. Reguhtion of niiil.es and 'oilfields and mineral development lo the e:xtent.
to which such regulation. arid' development under Fedei·al control . is declared by
l!'ederal law to be expedient in' the public int1Jrest.. , · ·
:n. The Jaw of inimrance, except as re:fpects insurance undertaken by a
Federated State, and the ;regulation of the conduct of insur.!J,ncc business, except
as respects business undertaken by .. a Federated State; Government
insurart<'u, except so far. as undertaken by a Fede..rated State, :or, qy virtue of
any entry. _in tlie P1:ovinci~d Legislative T~iat or thr-Concurrent Legislative List,
by a Province. ·
1
·
Added,
s. '1; the India and Burni!l (Miscellaneour; Amcn~ments) Act; '1940 (3 & 4. Geo. ·
6, ch. 5) (with effect from !st April !940).. · ' ' .
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[26 GEo. 5 &, 1 EDW. 8.] Government of India Aot, 1.93fl. · ' .(CH. 2.]
. 33. Banking, tha~ i~ to say, the q,onduct of bankir. 5 .business by corporations
other than .. corporations owned or oontroUed . by a Federated State and ca.rr;Ybig
· on business only within that State.. · .. . .· ·· · ' · .
'39. Extension of the powers and. jurisdfotion ·of me~be'rs of a police :force.
belonging to. any p:..rt of British India to any area in anof.her Governor's Pro
vince or. Chief Commissi6ner's Province, but not so .as to enable t.b~ police of .
one
part
tn exercise powers and jurisdiction elsewhere·,vithout the consent of the
Govemment of 'the Province o:r the Chief Commissioner, as the gase may be;
extension of the powers ·and. jurisdiction of m·embers .of a police force .belonging
to any unit to railway ar.eas outside tliat unit. ' . · .. · · ·· ·
40. ·Elections to the Federal LegiSlature~ subject to the provisions of this Act
.;i.ny of any Order in Council mode thereunder. . . .
·~ 41. The salaries of the .Federal Minist~rs, of the President and Vice-President '·
·.of the Counoil ·of State· and of the Speaker and Denuty Speaker of the. Federal
· AssembJy; the ~alaries, allowances and p1·ivileges of 'the members -o.f the Feaer~l
· Legislature~ and, to such exten~ as is expressly authorised by Part ·II of this
Act, .the· punishment of .persons who refose to giyj'.l. evidence or produce documents
before Committees of .the, Legit!lature.. . . . · ' · . ' . .
42. (Jffonces aga,jnst laws with .respect tq. :.any of, the matters in this list. ·.. . '
· 43. Inquiries and statistics for the' pu.rposes of any of the matte:i:s in this
list. . · · . · . ·
' 44. Duties of customs, including export duties. · ' . . ·
45. Duties of excise on tobacco. and qthe:r goods manufactl,rred or produce{! in
Indfa. except- . 0/
· (a) alcrnolic liquors for humau consumption; • .· ·
. (b)opium, Indian.hemp and other narcotic drugs and·narcotics; non-nar®tio
drug&; . · ·': . '.: ' · · , · , · ·
• (c) me;foJinal and toilet prepar~tions' containing alcohol, or anr substance
mduded m. stf:b-para~raph (9) of this entry; .
. 46. Corporation tax. . ·
47. Ealt. '
· 48. State lotteries.
49. Naturalisation.·
. 50. Migration within India from or into a Governor's Province ,or a Chief.
"Oommi.ssioner's .Province.
51. Establishment of standards of. weight.
· 52. Ranchi. European Mental ItospitaL
53.. · Jurisdic~ion and powers o.f. a.11 courts, except the Federal Court, with
l'!;!spect to any of the matters in this list and, to su.ch extent as is expressly
authorised by Part IX of .this Act, the enlargeme:µt.of .the appellate· jurisdiction
of the Fed'eral Court, arid. the conferring thereon of supplemental powers. . ·
54. Taxes on income other· than agrieultural income. · .
lf MA. The mattel'S speciJi.ed in the proviso to .subsection (2) of section one
. hundred •and forty~two A of th.is Act as matters with respect. to which pl'Ovision
may be.made by laws of the Federal Legislature.] . · · . ' .
55. '.l'axes on the capital value af the aiisets, · exclusive of agricult.ural land,
of ii1dividuals and eompanies; taxes on the -0apital of cm:ripanies, .
·-5 uties in respect of succession tO property other than agricultural land ..
57. The. rate of stamp duty in respect of bills of exchange, cheqqes, prom.issory
notes, bills of lading, letter.s of credit, p()Iicies of ins;urance, .proxies and receipts .
. 58 •. Terminal tax.es on goods or pas.sengers carried by railway or air; taxes·
ori railway fares and freights. ,. ,
59. Fees in respect of any of the lJlatters in this list, but not including foe&
taken in any Court.
LI•S'):' II.-PROVINCIAt LEGISLATIVE. LIST. ' .
. 1. Publio. order (but not-focluding the use of His Majesty's nav;l.l, military or
. air. forces in aid of the civil power); the administration of justice; constitution ''
and organisation of all courts, except the Federal Cburt, and fees taken therein;
tn·e~entiv~ detention for reasons conµected with the maintenance of public Qrde'r;
.persohs .subjected
to
such detention. . .
'2. ;ruri.f!diCt~on and powers of all courts ·except the Federal Court, with respect
t.o .any of the matters ill this list; procedure in Rent and Revenue Courts. ·
3. PolicH, including railway and village police. . . · , '. . . · .
·. . {; Prisons, reio:rmatories, Borstal institutio:µs and other institutions of a ..
hke natt~re, and persons detained therein·; a.rrangements with •other .units for the
use of prisons and other institutions. ' ' .
1
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[CH; 2.]. C!ovwrnment ojlnelid4c.t, .Hl35. · [26 GEo: li'&.JEnw. 8.]
5, P~blic <iebt of the F}ovince, · . ': · ' {j · . . . . .
6. Pro~incial P'llblfo Servicef,l . .and Rtrovinbial 1Puhlic Service Comtnissfona. . ,
7. Pr?vi_ncial.pe~ions, that is to say., pensions. payable by: tli!l Province .or out.,
· .of Provirn;nal revenues. . · .. . . ' . ' · . · · . · . '· · · . .
8. W <:irks, land$, and, ~uild!11;ks y.ested in or in the posse~sion of l!is M:ajesty .
for the purposes of the Province. ,,.. ·
9. C9mpulsory acquisition af land.
10. Libraries, rquseums an!f other similar . institutions controlled.
by the l'rovince. · · .· . . ..
11. Electionsd;o the Provincial Legisl;i.ture~ subject·to the provisions of. thi11
Actr and of any. Order· in Council Jllade thereunder:·. .. . · . ·. . . . •·
12. ·The salaries .of the •Provincial ,Minist~rs, of the Speaker and Jlkpu~y Speaker·
_.of the I.egh•lllttive Assembly, and, H there is a Legislative Council,• of thePresi-:'
dent and,Deputy President~thereof; the salaries, allowa'nces and, privileges, o! ·the .
me:rnbers of the Provincial. Legislature·; and to such extent as is expres~ly au'tho-.
ri~ed by Part ,UI of this Act, the punishll}ent of pel'Son's -w:ho.·re}us~to give
<t1v1dence or p:·oduce documents. before Committees Qf. the ·Provuicial Legislature,
l~ .. Local government, that .is to say, the constitution and powers of municipal
<io.rporatio1~s, improvement trusts, district hoa:i:ds, mining settlement: authorities
and 'other local authorities for 'the purpose of local self-governm~il.t or village·.
administration. . . .
1
• · · • • • · ·
. 14. Public health and sanitation; hospitals and diSJ>'ensaries; iegistni.tipn
births and d~aths. , . .
15 •. Pilgrimages, other. than pilgri;magea to places beyond Iudia
1
. . .
· 16;, Burials ';i.nd l:>urial grounds. . · .·. · . · . · · · · · · · . ·•
· lfl7 .. Education including ;qniversiti'es .other than .those specified in parag!aph
13 of List .. I. l · · : 1. 1 · •
,· 18. Comrnunfoations, that is to say, roads, briuges,· ferries,, and other means ·
.Qf corqmunfoation ·not specified 1n List I: minor railways subject ·to the
sions of Lii;t I with respect to such railways; municl.pal tramways·: ropeways;
inJai.lt l waterways. and traffic. thereon subject to the. provisions of List NI with··
. regard. to "11ch waterways t'.M;rts; subject to the provisions in List I w.ith regard ..
to mafor ports; vehicles.oth$;:.than mechanically.propelled vehicles.'. '1 ... ·
19. Watei·, that is to say, w~.er supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and
..embankments, water storage and -water ··power. . · · .
· 20. Agriculture, including agricultural educatiOn and research; protection
:8.gainst pests' and prevention of plant. diseases; improvement of stocks and
pre.:vention of animal diseases; v:etednary training and practice;· pou.nds and the
·preven~ion of cattle trespass. , ' ' . · . , . .
'21. Land, that is to .say, ·rights in or ,over land, land tenures, fru~luding ilhe. ·
1'!3lation
of landlord •and tenant, and
the collection of rents; tran·sfer, alienation
· ,::i,nd devolutiqn of ag'ricultriralland; land improvement 1,1<nd agricultural loµ.ns;
:eoloniZation ; Coits of Wards; encumbered' and attached estates;· treasµ re trove.
· 22. Ifor':lsts. .. · ' , . · . · . · ·
23. Uegulation of mines and oilfields and mineral development subject to the
provisions . of L};:it I with· respect to . regulation and development under Fede\·al
"control., ·· · · · · ·
24. Fii>iheries. .
25, · :h·otection. of ·wild · hirds and wild. animals.
26. Gas ~hd gasworks. . · · ... · · . · .. ·
27. Tr'ade and commerce within t.he Province; markets and fairs; money limdin~. ·
:a'nd mon·uv fonders. . . ·
1
· · ·
. 28. Irinl'l and innkeepers. ..
" 29. Prodµction, supply and-distribution Of goods; development of iridustrie3, ·
·'Subject
t<l the
provisions in List I with. respect to the development of 'certain
ind.uatrie<i under Federal ,conkol. , .
30. Ad aneration of foodstuffs and other goods; weights f!<Ud measures. . . ; ·
m. lntoxfoating liquors and na~cotic drugs, that is to say, the production, ··•
manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicat~ng liquors.
.. opiu!ll and' other narcotic dr1;1gs, but subject,. as, l'0SJ;leCtS opium, to t?I_". J?rovisio.ns
of· List land, as respects poisons and dangerous drugs, to t~e provu:n01).s of List
III.· _ _ . r __ -r' ,
32. Relief of the poor: unemp]oyrQ.ent. I
1 Subst., s •. 7, the India and. Burma (Misoollanoous Amendlnents).A..ot. 1940 (3 & 4 ~ 6! ob.
G) (with effect from lat.April lHO). ' ·
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, [26 G;E6. 5 & 1 Enw. ·8.] · Goven~rnent ·of'1ndid Aet, 193_5. [Ci;i:'. 2.J ·
33. The incorporation; regulaticln, and winding-up of corporation~ll[not being-.
cOrJ?Orat!9ns
specified'in
List I or Universiti.e"sT; unincorpcn;ated trading, literary, •
·scientific, religious and other societies and' ass'Q!.)iations; co-operative societies.
, 34. Chnritie:'! l!nd. charitable instituti.ons; charitafile and religious endowments .
.
35.
Th?atres,''aramatic performances· and cinemas, bu,t not including the sanc·-
t10n of cmematograph films for exhibition. · ·
36. Betting ·and gambling; · · :;·
37; Offences against laws with respect of any· of the matters fo this list.
list~8. Inqui~.\es, and statistics for the purpose ·of· any -0£ the matters in thfa. .
39. Land revenue, iq.cl~din~ the ~s~essn;i.ent and collection of revenU:~ the
:maintenance of land records, survey for revenue purposes and records of rights,
and alienation of revenue. . . . . . ... ··· . ,.. .· .
· 40. Dutiel!
0f exci~e on the following g(>ods lll'an,ufactured or 'pro?u~ed l.n the
Provint'.e and countervailing dupies at th(( same or lower rates on s~m1lar goods .
mam;.factured or produced elsewhere. in India..:...: . · .
(a) a.lcoholir liquors fo_r human .cons.umption,; . .
1
. • • • _
. (b) o1:ifom, Indian hemp and other narcotic dnws and. narcotws; no1i-narco.tic
dr(~; medici·P.al and toilet ~reparations containing alcohpl or any ~t~bstanct:\'
included in sub-paragraph (b) of this e~t.ry. . •. .·
,41; Taxes on agricul~ural income.
42. Taxes on lands and ·buildings, .hearths and windows.
43. Dutfos in respect of succession to· agricultural land.
44.'<Taxes olil'fuineral rights, subject to any limitations imposed .by any Act
of the Federal Legislatb.re relating to mineral ·development.
45. Capifation taxes.' . ,.
2.[46. Taxes on. professions, ~rades', callings and employments, subject,' however,.
to the provisions of section one hundred and forty-two A of this Act;]
47. Taxe'l •on animals and boats. . · ·
.. 48. Taxes on the· sale of goods and on 1!-dvertisements ..
3[48A. Taxes .on "e?icl~s suitable for use on 'roads,. whether mechan'ically pro~
:i>hlJed or not, includmg tramc.ars. . _. . . . ' . . , . · . .
48s. Taxes on the consumption or sale oJ electricity, sub3ect, however, to .the
provisions·of section one hundred and fifty-four A.Of this Act.] .
49; 'Ct:sses on the entry of .goods into a local area for~ consumption, use. or. sal.e
· therein. , . · · · , · · '
. 50. Taxes on luxuries, including taxes on entert.aiuments, amusements, .betting
and gambling. . .,
. 51, The rnte.s of,st.iui1p flnty in respect of documents obher than those specifi.~d ·
in the provisions-of List I with regard to rates .of .stamp duty.
52. Dues on pa~menge'rs and goods carried on inland waterways. ·
53. Tolls. , .
. Q4. Fees in tespect of any of the matters i11 this list, btit not in.eluding feeE.
taken .in any Cour.t,
LIST III-CoNCURRENT LEGISLATIVE LIST.
PART I.
1. Criminal law, including all ma,tters included in the Indian Penal Code at
the date or the passing of .this Act, but exeluding. offences again.st laws with
respect to any of the matters apecified in LiE;t I or List II and excluding the Uile
of His Majesty's naval, 'military and air forces in aid of the civil power.
2. Criminal Procedure, including all matters included in the ·code of Criminal
Procedme. at the date:of the passing of this Act .
. 3. R.emoval of prisoners and accused persons from one unit to another unit.
· 4. Oiv~l Procedure, including the·law Of Limitation and all matters included ·
in the Code o,f Civil Procedure at the d'ate of the passing of this Act; the recovery
in, a Governor's Provill~~ '?!~a Chief yomm~ssioner':;; Province of claims in respect
of tax:e<:1 and other public demands, iiicludmg arrears of land revenue and sums
recoverable as such, arising outside that Province. . . · .
1
Subst,, .i. 7, ihe India arid Burma -.(Miscellaneoua Amendments) Act, 1940 ·(3 ~ 4 Geoo
6, ch. 5) '(wit.h effect fro:iµ 1st April 1940).
~ Subst., s. 2, ibid. ·
• his., s. 3., ibid. .
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Evidence and
~aths; recognition of laws, public .acts anp records and 1ud1c
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pru:.1tt;_~!i_~age and divorce~ inf~ntS and minors; adopt~on.. · · . ·. .
7. Wills, ·.intestacy, and,successfop, save ~s regards agr~c{1}t~ral l~nd.
3; Transfer <1f property ·other than agricultm.ial land, .. ;reg1stratlo~ ()f ·deeds ·
.and· do<'uments. ' · · ·
9. Trusts and Trustees. . . , .
'' . 10. Oont.rac>ts, including partnersl/-ip, a~ency, contracts of ~arriage, a~d ot~er
special forms of contract, bu.t not inqludmg contracts relatmg t.o, agricultural
land.
· 11. Arbitration. . . . ,
·· 12. Bankruptcy and 'insolvency; adt1iinistrator.s..general and ·offici'al•·trustees:
. . 13. Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected lay means of .judicial
-,,, stamps, but npt inclµding. rates. of. statnp duty. . • , ' · ·
· 14. Actionable wrongs, save in sd fa*. as i]'.1.cluded in laws with respect to
of the mi,ttte1 s specified in List 1 or LiSt Hf
15. Jtfrj1>dfotion ·and poweJ.'s of. all courts, except the Federal Court,
respect to any of the matters iri this list.
16 .. Legal, 1lle?ical. and,;.2th~£~J?.r.ofessi()~· . .
li'l"""'.N-ews:r.ntrrerr,1'i'Ooies a.nCf pr11iti.ii1rP'resses, . . ,i . . • . .,·
18. J~unacy and ·mental deficiency, including places for the reception or trea.t~
ment of lunatics and mental deficients. . . . "·' > l
·l~ .. Poisons. ~nd dangerous' .fin~g~. , . . ·' ·
1 2fl, Mechamcally propelled vehicles. .
21. Boilers. ·. · · · · · · .·
. 22. Prevention of cruelty to', animals.
23· European vagrancy; criminal tribes.
' · 24. Inquiries al!d st.atistics for the purpose of · any of , the matters·
Part .of this List. . . . · · . . . .
~5. Fees in respe-0t of any of the matters in th'is Part of this List, but
including fees taken :in any Court. . . .
.PART .M. .,
26. Fa-0tories.
[Sectioil. 126{2}~
21 .. Welfare of faboui·; conditions of labour; pTovident funds·;, employers'
. li,ability and workmen's, compensation; health insui:arice, including invalidity
pensiorn:i; old age pensions.· ·
. 28, Unemployment insurance,
29. Trade uµions; industrial and labour disputes.. .
30. TM preventi·on of tJ:ie .. extension ·from one. unit >to another of irifectfous
or contagious diseases or pests affecting men, aniµials or plants.
· 31. Electricity.
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32. Shipping and. navigati~n on inland waterways as regards mechanically.
P_l'opellf'd vessels
4
and the rule of the road on such. waterways;· carriage of pas-
t!engers and goocts on inland wate1·wayl!. . · · · · ·
~3. l'he sanctioning of cin~atog1·apidilms £or exhibition. . . . . .
34. Persons subjected to preventive deten.tion under _ Federal authority. .
35. Inquiries and statistics for the· purpose of any of the matters in this. Part
:Of this List: · · · ·
. 36. Fees in respect· of any of the matters in this .Part of thi,q List; ibut not
· includint?; fees taken in any 'Court. · . . . ,
EIGHTH SCHEi>ULE.
(Sect·ion ·182.) .
THE FEDER.AL RAILWAY AUTHORITY.
. l. 'rhe F"..deral Railway Authority, which shall he a. bady corporate by,
ma.y sue and bf! sued in, that name, {in this .Schedule referred to as "the· Autho
rity"). sha-ll consist of. seven persons w be ap~ointed by the Governor-General •.
2. A person s)lall not. be qualifi.ed to be appoin:t;ed ?r to be a member of the
.Authority_;_ .. · . · . . · . · · • . · ..
(a) unl.ess he has qad experience in, commerce, industry, agriculture, finance.
-Or administratiOn ; or . . . .
(b) if h'e is; or witl:!in th.e twelve months la-st preceding has been
(i) a mernber of the Federal or any Provincial Legislature; or
{ii) in the service of· the Crown in India; ui:
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(iii} .a railway oflicjal in India. .
3. Of the first 'membe1·s of. the Authority, th/ee shall be appointed for three
ye!J.-t'i; and ahy of those members shall at the ~xpiration o.f his origmahter.m of
~flice be. eligihle for re-appointment. for a fu+ther term 'of three yaars, or of fivf'
,yea.rs. . ., ,
Subjec::;
as
aforesaid, a rn,ember of the Authority shall be appointed for :five
years and shall at the 數瀍慴楯渠 .of his original term of office be eligible for re
apf1omtment
fo1•
a fu1·ther term not exceeding five years. · . · , .
The Governor-General, exercisiri~ his individual judgment, may terminate _the.
:appointment of. any member if satisfied that that member ii;~ fo1· any reason
. unable or unfit to continue -to perform the duties of his office. . ·
· , 4 .. The· Gove1~no1;ieene1rn:l, exercising· his indrfidual judgment,.m:B.y nralte r.f.tle&
. providing for the ~ppoiritment of temporary mfmbew to act in place .of any ~em~
hers temporarily ~inable to ,perform .the duties-of the}r -office. · /
· 5 •. A member of the. Authcrity shall: be enttftled to i·Elceive such salary and .ftllow·
ances as the Governor-General, exercising his individual judg:m,t'\n~, · may dete1·-
m1ne: .· · . · . '· " '. . ·
P:tov;ided that the emoluments of a member shall ·not be reduced d1ll'ing hill
. . . . ; .
term of office.
E;. All acts of the Authority and all questions before the:ni shall be dpne 11.nd
det;ided .. by a roajorit_;y of the membe1's present and. voting l_tt. a meeting 'of };ha
Authority. • . . . .
In the cast .o:f ari, equa.lity of votes ab any meetillg; the person nresiding
thereat· shall ha:ve a second or casting vote, . · · · · · · '
7. If a member of .the Authority is or,,becomes the. ho1der of or te_nders f,9r any
co~tract for the supply -0f materials to, or the execution of works for, any_ railway
in India, or is or becomes concerned in the management of any company holding .
-0r tendering for such a co:htract as aforesaid, he &hall forthwith make full dis
.closure of the ·facts to the Authority and shall :not take part in the consideration
or discussion .of, ·or,'vote on, ·any question with respect to th_e contract.
. 8;\At any mee~ing of the Authority a person or pel'sons deputed by the Gov
ernor-General to represent .him may. attend and spea,k, but not vote.
9. Subjecr, to .the provisions {}f this Act, the Authority may make standing
-ord•!J,'S ;for the i·egulation of their proceedings .and b\isiness, and 111ay vary or
.. revoke any such. order. . · ·
· 10. The proceedings of Lhe Authority. shall not be invalidated by any vacancy,
~ among their 1imnber, or py any defect in the appointment or qualification of un·Y
member.. · ~ . . . . .
11. At· the head of the exeputiv~ staff of the Authority ther~ sbll be a chief ·
railway
cumill.issioher,
being a persorrwith experience in Railway administration,
·who shall be appointed by the Governor-General, exercising his ·individual
·judgment,. after e.mumltation with the Authority~ ,
12. The chief railway corn~issioner shall be assisted ill the performance of .his
duties-by a financial commi.ssiorn~r, who &hal~ be appointed by the Gover.nor
Ger1eral, and by such additional commissioners; being persons with experience in
xaihva;y administration, as the Authority on the recommend-aUon or the chief
railway commis~ioner tnay appoint.. ,.,
13. The chief railway commissioner sra.11 not be l'emoved fr0m office except by
the Authority and with the approval of the' G;overnor-Gene1·al,. .exercising his
individual jlldgment, a.nd the financial commissioner shall not be r~moved .from
<>:flice except by the Governor~Gener:al, exe:i;pising bis ,individual judgment~
14. The chief raihvq,y comµiissioner and the :(inancial commis&ioner shall have
the right to attend any l:neeting of the ,Authority, apd the financial commissioner
·shall
ha..ve the i:ight.
to requfre a11y matte1'. which r'elates to; or affects, finance tO
.be mfor'red to .the Auth0rity. , . ,
15. Tne Au.thority shall not be liable to pay Indian income ta-x or super-ta:x: on
. ·a-ny of its incf).Hlc, profi~<> or gain!':. · '
· 16. The .A.mh@riity shall entrust all their money wnich ·is. not immediately
· ne~ded tp :tlie lF{.ooe.1'Me Bank of India and employ tha,t bank as their agents for all
transactions iu Lndia. . relating to remittances, exc.l;ia:nge and bankmg, and the
:bank shal'l. u+vlertake the cnstody of such moneys and such agency transactionB on
the same terms and conditi.om: as those t\pOn whjch they undertake. the cust~dY,
.oj moneys belonging to, ·or a.gency tra.nsactiom1 for~ .the Fe!1t;iral Govf)rnment,
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. ' NINTH SCHEDULE)··
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"· Plt'ov1sroNs oF GovERNMEN'!' OF IN.DIA APT coN'TINUED .·IN FORCE w.1Tn AMENDMENTS ·
UNTI~ THE ESTAJ;ILISRMENT OF ';CHE FED.ERATIQN. .
. · . · The. Governor-General's Executive Cowncil. . . . .
. . 36. IUembe.1·.~ of Oouncil.-,-(1) The iµembe1·s of the Governor-General's Executive-'.
·
Councit shall
be appointed by His. Majesty by warrant under the Royal· Sigir. .·
Manua:l. . · · · · ..
(2) Th.a m1mbe'r of the members .of the Council shall be such as 'His Mafosty.
thinks fit ta appoirit. . · · .. · ·... . .. •
year in th~ service' of the'O~:o in India, and one-.i;nust .. e a bal'rister of
Engl d or Ireland, or a member f the Faculty .of Advocates f Scotland,
plead of a high· court, qf not les than ten years' standing, . . .
(4) If any ..:nembe1· of the QounciL('other
1than the Oommander-in~Chief for the
'time being o~ .. Hi.s Maj'esty's forces in India) .is at the time of his 'appointment.·:
~n the military service. of the Crown, he sijall not, during.his continuance in office ..
as such member,. hold any military command.or be employed in actual :military.
duties. / . · . ·. . . . · · · · . · · · . · · · . ·
. (5~ Proyii;iio~s :inay be mad.e by rules under this' A,ct as to the qual!fic:it:rons. to ~e· .
. required m respect of the membeJ'S of the Gove1·nor-General"s Executive Council~
in any ·c'as13 where such provision' is not .ma.de by the foregoin,g pr-0visions of this
secticm. . . . . · · · · · · . . . ·
· 37. f{llfl,k and pre'cecdence of Commandm·-in-Ch:ief;-If the Commatider-in~Chief.
for the time bei:hg of His Majesty's fO~ces in Ind,ia is a member of the Goverppr-,
General's. Executive CounCil, he shall, subject to the provisions of this. A:et, .
. . h,:1,ve rank;: and precedence in the Council ;next after the Governor-Gener.al. '.
· . 38. Vice-Preflide.rbt af Council Meetingi;.-The G;overno1·-GeneraLshall appoint
a .membe1; of hii;i Executive Council to be vice-presid1:mt thereof. · .·· . ·.
39.-(l) The Governor-General's Exe~mtive Council'shall assemble at snch plaooi:(
in Indi1:;. as the Governor-General in· Council. appoin~. . ' . · . . .· · . . . . . :.'
(2). At any meeting of .the Council the G()verhor~Qeri.erid, .or other. person pre .. ·'
· . siding and one member of the Council (other than the Coinmandei;-in-Chief) may, '
exerCis1~ all'the functions of the (}overnor-Gen,eraLin Council. . "
· 40. Businessof Governo1·-General i.n Council.~(1) All orders arid other pro~
ceedmg!il o.f the Gpvernor-General in Council shall he exp1·essed to btl made by the .
Govei·n,or-(:lel'.1.eral in CoJtncil, and shall be signed by a secretary to·the 'Govern
ment qf India, or ot,herwise as the Governor-General· in Council may, direct, a1'd"
wlieu so sjgned, shall not be called into question· in any legal p1;oceediri.g on tha '·
ground that they were not duly ma,de by. t,4e Governor-{leneral in 'CouhciL
(2) Th,e Governor-General may make rules and orders for the more eonvenient
tra'nsa;c.tioz;.
of busine~s
in his JilxecutiV:e . Council; and every order 1nade or, act ...
done, m accordance with such rules and orders; shall. be treated as bemg the ortler ·
or thl) act of tl;Je Governor,General in Co1J,ncil. · · . · · .
. 41. P.ro<'edure in case of difje'feno.e of opi1iiori.-(l) If any difterence of opinion ,
a.rises ori any qut'1stiou· brought before a tileetir~g of the Governoi<Geueral's Execn-'
tive Oonricil, the Governor-General .in Council shall be hound by'. tho opinion .and'
decisioa. of the Dfajority .of those present, and,, if they a.re equally divided, the
Govemor-General or other person presiding shall have a second or casting vote.
(2) Provi'ded ·that',· whenever any ,measure is proposed before the Governor.:.· .
. General in Courrcil whereby the safety, tranquillity or interests o,f British India,
or of any part thereof, are or may he, in the judgment of the Governor-Gener.al
essentially. affected, and he is of opinion either. that the measure proposed ought ,
to. be 'adopted an:d carried into execution, or that it ought to he suspended or ·
reJected, and the. majority present at a meeting of the Council dissent from that
.opinioh, the . Governor~General may, . on. his owri authority and rnsponsibility,
adopt, suspend ?r, reject the measure,. in whole or. i:Q. p~rt. . . ·· .· . ·
. (3) In evety sueh case any twO'·members ·of"'the d1ssentient maJority may require, ..
that. thl'l adopti9n, · suspension or Tejection of the measure, and the faet of their :'
dissent, l'.fe. reported to the . Secretary of State, apd the report 'shn.ll be accom-·
·
pani0d l;iy copies
of any minutes which the m:embe1·s ,of the Council hn.ve. recorded
on the subfoct. · · ·
~~.is Sch. ed. i1I'Q_···~mfil mto for.ce on the 1st A~lJ.·11. 1937 .. under. para.: 3, G. of I, (0. T. P~ov.) O".';:
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• (4) Nothing in this section shall empower· the GDveynor-General. to .... do al!ythinit ·
· which he could not lawfully have done with. the concurrence o~ I,us Council.
· 42. P.rtn•1'.sfons for absence· of
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Governor General from rneetings of fJowncil.~ ·.
If the Governor-0.eneral is obliged ·to ·absent .himself fr01:)'i any meetm~ of tIJ.6· .
ctouncil, by indisposition or any other cause, the vice:pres~dent, or, if he· lli ..
absent, the senioi' member ·(other than the Commander.~m-Chief) preae~t at the
. meeting, shall preside thereat, with the like powers as the Governor·-General would
have had ffp1·esent: ·. . . . · · · . . · · ·. · ·
.
·. . Provided
that, if tlie G.over:n.or-General is at .the 'time i'esidei1t. at the pl~.e -
· . where the meeting is assembled, and is not prevented by iildispositio:t;i. :from si~ning ·
· any
act
of Council made at the meeting, the act sµaU requit~ his !'lignatm:e; but ·.
if h!'l declines or· refuses j;o '~ign. it; the like provision~ shall have effect. as~ in cases
o :where·'the Governor'-General, when present, .dissents from the mn.]o'rltY itt ~,.
·· meeting of the .Council. · · ·. . . . . . . . , . . .. ·
·' · 43. Powers of qove;rnor-peneral ·iy abse.nc? from 90;.~nl!il.,-(,l) Whenever thA'
Governor-General m Council declares .that 1t is exped1ent that the Governor:Geb-· ' ·
eral shouM Ylsit
a,.ny
part of India unaccompanied by his Executive Counci( t~e '
Qovernor-General in Council may; by order, :authorize the Governor-General al on~ ·
· to exercise, in his aiscretion; all· or any of .the powers which might he exe1;.cised"
by the Governor-General in Qouneil at meetings of the. Council. . . '
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. The Indian.. Legislature.
. 63. Indian z~vislat·ure."'-S~bject .to the.f·rovisi0ns of.this.Act, the l'ndi(t,:n legi~-
. la.tu re shall consrnt of the G1;iVernor"Gene1·a and two chambers, namely, .the Council
of St~te and the Legislil,tive Assembty; ·. · . · · ·.· . , . . .· · ..
· Except as otherwise .provided by br under.this Act, a llill shall ;nnt b¢ dee1lled·,
to have been passed by the Indian legislature, unless.it h1,1.s been agreed to by l:lotli ·
chambers, either without .amendment or .with. such 'aµiendmj}nts only as may he
agreed to b;y .both chambers. · · . · . . . · · . •
.. 63A. Council of State.-:(I) The Council of Stat~ shall consist of 1rot more th.,,.., .
· sixty members nomina.ted 'or elected in accordance with rules. made ui1der ·this: ·
.
Act~
of wh01n not more than twenty shall be. official members~ . . , . . ·" ·
. (2) Th2 Governor-General shall have. po\ver ·to appoint, from among the ·.
memt,>e1'.fl ·01 the Ootmcil of St11te, a p)·esident and otper persons to preside in sm::h ·
circumstance·s
as·
he may direct. · ; - . . . . · ·
(3) The Govei"nor-Ge.µe'ral sh.all have the right of ac:ldj·essing the Council of. ·
State, and· may for that pnrpqse ·requhe ·.the attendance of its• illembers. . :
· · 63B. Ler11:!!lative Assembly'.-(1) The Legislativ:e Asse,mbly shall consist of mem-
bers nominated or .elected in accordance with rules made under this Act. · , ·
: (2) The totAl number· 0£ members of the Legislative Assembly shall· be ono
hundred and forty. The number ;of non-elected uiembers shall be forty, of whom.
twenty-six shall be official: members. The number of elected members flhall he one .
hundred : . . · • . . · . . · ; , . .· . , .
Provided that rules made under . this Act mai provide for increasing . ths ·
" numl:for of membe:rs of the Legislative As~enibly a)> fixed by this sectio.n, µ,nd may
,va1·y the proportion which the glasses o:f members beat -01ie to another;· so, hQw: ·
ever, that at least five7sevenths o:f the rn<;wbers of the Legislative, Assembly shall
be ·elected members, and at least one-third o:f the other members· shall be. non-
official tnen'lbe:rs. i · · : . · · . · ,.. . · ~ . . · ·
(3) The Governor-General shall have the right of aild.re,;sing the Legislative
A88embly, and nlay for that purpose require the attendance of its members.
6:'3c. Z:re1:1ident of Legislative Assembly.-(J,,) There shall be a pi•esident of tlie
Legislative AsBembly, who ·shall be a member of ·the Assembly elected . by, th!i.
Assembly and approved by the Governor-Geheral. · ·· · ' · ·· ·
(~) Thera shall be a· deputy, president of the Legislative Assembly, who shall
preside' at meetings of the 'Assembly in the absence of the president, and 'who
shall 1!e a member of. the Assembly ·elected by the Assemblyl and approved .by the·
Governor-General. · ·
(3) A preddent .itnd a deputy president shall cease to hold office if they· ceast~
to. he members of .the Assembly. They may 1·esign office by writing under their
hands addressed to the Governor-General, and may be removed from office by a. .
vole of the APsemhly with •the concul'ronco of the Governor-Gemm1,J. . .· .. ·
, (4) h. president and d:<iputy-ptesident sha.11 receive such sfl)laries. i1s may be
determined by Act of the Indfo.n Legislature. · ·
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,......-63D. DuraUon and ;essions of Legislative .Asse;mbly and Council of. State.-(1)
. 'V Every Oouneil 'of State shall continue for five years, and every Legislative Asse_m~
· .. bly for three years, from its first meeting: · .· · : · ·
, '
Provided that-· · · . · · · . ·· · · ·
(a) either (;bamber of the legi!!lature m,ay be. soon~r dissolved by the Governor-
" General ;' and · · . · . . . .. · · · .
, (b) any such period may. he ·extetu;ted by t_he Governor-Genera.I, if in SP!3<'.ial
· circumstances he so thinks fit; and · . · ·
(c) after thf' dissolution.of either chamber the Governor-General shall appoint
.. a date not morf' tllarf six mqnths, or, w1th the sanction of the Sec.i:etary of,S.tate;.
not. more tha,n nine months, after· the da,te of dissolution for the next session of.
that chamber: " . . ' · . · . . · . · · . . . .·
..)" (2) The GovernorcGeneral may appoint such times"'-and places for holding the
. : &ession~pf ~itlie,r chamber. o! the_ ~rn:lian le~isl~ture as .he thixiks fit, ai;i.d :rpay also
... from ·time to ,t1?fie, by ;notific&t10n 01~ 0therw1se_, pror<_>gue such ,ses~ons.. ·· .· ..
_..,,..-, (3) Any meetmg of either chamber of the Imhan legislature may be ad3ourned
· , by the p)lrson, pre.siding.: · · . . · . · · · · : . · ., ·
. .. (4, All questions in 'either chamber shall be detennined by .a majodty of votes
of members present other. than .the presiding member, w.ho shall~ however, have
and exercise a. casting. vote ·in the case of an equality c:if votf,)S. · , · .. ·
(5) The p_9wers of eit~er ch.amber of .the Indian ·legislature may be . e:;;cercised ·
not.withstanding any vacancy m the chamber. · · .· · ·. . · ·
\'i3E. Mem1Jersk1'.p of both ckambers.~(1) An official" shall not be qualified for
• election. as a IDC!llber of either chamber. of the l:tJ.dfan legislature/-and, .if any
non-official member of either chamber aecepts office. in ~he service of the Crown
in 1'ndia, his seat' in that chamber shall become vacant. ' ' '. '
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[Brovi~ed that an Ac~ of t~e Indian Legislatum maY. . d~clare l;\llY office, in
.. the service of the, Crown m India to be an office the. holding of.· which. does not
· disqualify the holder thereof .for. election as, or continuance as, a.membei of eith.er
·<Jhamber of the Indian .. Le~islature, and any such Act may be made to have. 'effect
from . any date. before· the passing thereof, not ear l.ier than the third 'day. of .Sep-,
Jjember; nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.] . . · . . · . .. \..
($.!) H an elected m,ember of. either chamber of th(}, Indian legislature becomes
a member· of the ~ther ch.amber, his seat; in such first-mentioned chitmber shall
thereupon become v~cant. . ; . · • . . . ... . · .
, . · (3) !£ any person is elected a member of both chamlJers ·of the Indian legisl:t:
. , tu1:e,
he shall,
before he takes his sea,t in ~ither chamber, signify ill writing the..
''chamber o:C which.he :d~.j!ires to be a. member, and.thereupon, his seat h1 the other
. chamber shall become vacant. ' '
(4) Every mempei· of the Governoi·-General's' Executive Council shall be· nomin-.. ·
at.i>d R.l'l · a memh~r of one chambei· of bhe l'ndian legiflla'ture, and s.hr~ll have the .
. . · right o:f attending in and addressing the other chamber, but shall not bt} a m~m-
her (Jf'both cl1afilberS, . . ' I .. .·.. / ·
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. 64. Supplementary pro·visions. as .to compos·itiorv of Legislative .Llssembly and
Cound~ of State.-(1) Subje5.1t to ·the provisions of this Act, provisi@ may be
made by ruJes .under this Act as to...:. . . · . . .
. (a) the t~rm of office (.)f' nominated memqers· of the Council of State .and ·the
. Legisfative ARsembly, a11d the m:anner of filling casual· vanancies oc-curring '.hY
reason of abieence of membets from India, inability to attend to duty, death,
. acceptaw:c of office, 01• resignation duly· accepted, or otherwise { and . .
(b) the eoi1ditions· v.nder which and the manner in .which persons ml":l;y bl~
noinin'lted <is iµembe1;s of the Council of State Qr the Legislative Assembly; anq
,(p) the qualification of electors; the constitutio..n of constituencies, and .the
me.thod of el•,l'tion for the OouncH M State and the Legislative Assembly (includ
ing. the number :of niemberw to be elected by cotaniunal and others electorates)
~nd any matte:1' incidental or ancillary thereto; an,d . . .
(d) the qualifications for b.eing or ~or being nominated or elected· as members
of . the · Oonndl of State or 'the Legisl1ttive Asserqbly; ·and ·.
(e) the final df'cisionof doubts 9r disputes as to the validity of an.election; and.
(f) the manner iri whfoh the rules are to be carried into effect. ·
(2) Subject .to any such r\].les, any person who js a ruler or subject of 'any
stat~ i~Jndi'.: may be rioll}irn1ted ,a8 a. member. o.f the Council ;:if .State" or the
Leg1sh,iv.e A~~sembly. . . , . . . . .·
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1942 (5 & 6 Geo. 6, ch. 39) (ret:r.ospootively:). · · · .
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·' 67. Ifowh•llSJJ and proceedings in liuJaan legislature,_::.(I) Provision m;;i,y be made
.•by rufos m1dei; this Act for regulating the· ~ourse of. business and the preservation
of order in :tl;e chambers of the· Indian leg;ialature, ai1d as to the persons to
·preside at the meetings of the Legislative As.~embly in the absence of the presi-·
dent and the deputy preside:flt; and the rules may provide for.the number.of p:iem-
'bers required to oon.stitute a quo1·um, '.and for -cprohibiting. or regulating the ·
' .a13king of questions on, and the discussi0n. of, any subject spec~fied in the n1les. · ·
. (2A) Where in eithe! chamber qf .the, Indian Jegislature any Bill ha$. be~n,
. mtrodu~d, 1 <\1' is proposed t(i} be mtroduced, or a.nY amendment ~o, a B11l is,
ID;Oved, or .!iroposed to be moved, the (fovernor-General may certify t?a~ the
lhll, _or any clause of it, or the. amendment,. affects the safety or, tranqmlhty of
British lndia Qf ai;iy part thereof; and may direct· that no proceedings, or that po
:further proceeding; shall be taken by the chamber in relation to the .Bill,. cl{tuse, ·
or ainendmetl.t, a:;id ~ffe?t shall be giveri .to s'uch direction. · · . . · · • . . . . ·
·. (3) If any ,Bill which has he.e11 p11ssed by one chamb.11r is. .not,·. withm · sJx
months after the passage·of the Bill by that chamber, ,passed.by tlie other chamber
·eithii,; without amendments or 1vith such amendments as may b(' agreed to by;
the two chambers, the Govflrnor-General rv,ay :in his di~etion refeJ:.' the .matter ·
for' decisioJI tu a joint sitting of both chanihe,rs: .Provided· that standing or.ciers
made und·~r ·this section mav ·provide for. meetings of members of both chamber.s
.appointed for the :(>Urpose; 'iµ order to discuss any difference of opinion which
has arisen between the two chamhei·s. .· . . . . .
(·i) Without prejudice to the pow:ers oLthe GovE1rf10r-Ge:®rat under section
· .. sixty-eight of this Act, tl~e Governor-General may, where a BjU has ~en pa.ssed
' by both chambers -0f· the, Indian legislature, 1~turn the Bill for tebonsideration
.by <qithor-chamber . . . . . '
(5) Rules made .for the purpose. of this section may
/
contain such general arid
·supplemental provisions as appear necessary for ~hi? pu'l:pose of giving full effect
.to thfa section · . · , . . .·
\6) Standing ordel'S ·may be made providing· fol'. the conduct qf, business ~nd.
the procedure to be followed in eith~r chamber of the It1dian legislature in so· f-ar
·
·· ~s
these inatters are not provided fot'. by rules inade i.rnder this Act. :'rhe first. star::>
ing orders shall be made hy the Qovern)r-General in .Council, but may; w:ith
the consertt oi the Governor-General, b~ altered by the chamberJtlo which they
;relate.· . . . . .
. Any standing order macl.e as" afo1'.esaid \Vhich is repugnant to th<, provisions .
-0£ any ruli:Js made under this Act shall, to tlie extent of that repugnancy but not
<>therwise, b13 void. · · · ·. · •· . . · . .·
' ' (7) Subject to the .rules lind standing, ?rdtWS affectinl;? the chamber,, there shall .
he £i:eedom of ;;p~ech in both chambers of .tJ:ie Iuaian leg1sl11tt.urel No person shall .
be liable to a.1y proceedings in any ·court by i·e1_1,son. of his ·speech
1
or ·vote in
-either <'hamher, or by reason of anything contained il'lc ahy official report of the
,Proceecli'ngs ·of either chamber. . · ·. . . · · · . ·
. 6'7A. lndianJJ"¥dgr;t.--(l) The estimate<f annual expen<;l.iture and l'CVenue of the'
0Gover1ior~General in Oo\mcil shall JJe laid in the 'form of a· statem:e,nt before .
·both Ch11rnhers of, the. Indian legislature in each_year. . · . . ,
. (2) No. proposal. for the appr?:pdht.ion ot :.ti~y revenue or ni_oneys for any pur-
;pose shitll bt1 made except on the recommendation of the G;overnor-General. -
(3) Thti l>roposa,ls of-the .Govel'i.:ior-General in ,Council for the appropriation
·Of revenue or moneys relating to 1Jie folloviing heads of. expenditure shall not
. .)Je submittE;J(~ to the vote of the Legislative· Assembly, nO'r shall they be open
· .to discussion by e'ither chamber at the time when the annual statement is under
··eonsid{ia.tiOJ'i unless the Govei·uor-General otherwise directs:.:.__ ·
(i) interest and' sinking fund charges .on loans; and · ·
(ii) expenditure of· which t.he amount ir; presctibed' by or under any law·;
.and · . · . · · ·
. (i1.i} salaries ~including in t~e. case of the. Gov~1·110r-Geueral sunis payable
-Ol) hi;; account in respect of lus office) and pens10us payable to o'l· to the
·dependants of-.:.. · . ' · . 1
(a) persons appointed by or with the approval of His Malesty r
qJ) Chief· Commissioners and ,Judicial Oomm:issionem; and· ·
~ . (1v) an;r grant~ for purpoi:;es connected \Vith the administratioi1 of any, areas
· m a. Provmce wh1ch are foi• the iime being Excluded Amas; an? , .·
(~) tpe sums payable t-0 ·ffis Majesty under the Government Of India Act 1035
hi' respect of ~he expenses of His Majesty incurred hi discha1•ging the :fm;etion~
-0f the Orown m rela:tioh to l'hdian States; and' ·
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(~. 2.], . . . tj-ovi nme?"h1f India Aot, l9q5. [26 GEo:5 & ~ EDw. s .. J
· (vi) ex.peu,diturf) claiisified by ·the. order of the Governor-General m Oounc1li'
as-
( a) ecclesiastical ; ' · ·
( b) ·external affairs; .
(c) deferi:ee; or
.· (d) i·elating to tribal . areas. . . . . . . . . . . . .
· (vii), Exnenditure o;f th¢ Govern?r-Gene!·al ~m . d1scharg1r;g his .f':nct10ns a&
respect.> matters with respect, •to wluch ·h.e is rE;\qm~ed by the prov.rn10n.s of th&
Government of India Act, 1935, for the tn1~e hemg m force. to act rn his discre-
tion· .
. (~iii) ai1v other experi;clitm\e declared by the provisions of, the~Government of''
India Act; i935, for the t:le being in. force to be d~arged on. the revenues of the
Fed<·ration. · · · · ·
; {4) 1£ a~1y question a.rises as to whethe1· any ·proposed appr~priation 'of .·
revenue· or moneys does or does not relate to 'the above· heads, the decision of ·.
the Governor··Ge,rieral on the. question i:;hall be. final.
(5} The proposals M the · Governor-G.eneraJ i,n Council for the appropriation .. ·
·of revenu~ or moneys l'elating to)iep,ds of.expenditure not specified ih the above :
hettd'> sliall b, sub:r;aitted to the vote of the Legislative Assemlily iu the form ol .··
'demands .fo1· g1·ants, . . · · · · · · . , . , · . · ..
(6) Thi~ Legislative Ass13inbly may assent or l'efui:;e its assent to any demand!,
or may ;·educe, the amount refe,rred to, :in any demand by a sreductipn of the
whole.grant. · ·· .. ·· \· . ·. . .·
. (7) The· demands as v6tecJ, by the Legislative Asi:;embly shall ·be 'l'nibmitted to•
the Governor-General .in Council
1
who shall, if he declares that he is satisfied that ·
any · demand which has been retused by the Legitdative ·Assembly is essential t(> ·
the discharge of his responsibilities, act .as .if it had been assented to; notwith7
standing 'the withholdi!fg o~ EffiCh 'assent; or the rednction of the amount therein '
referred. to, by t\1e Leg1slii.tive Assembly. . . , .
. · . (8) Notwithstanding anything in tliis se..etion, t)le Governor-Geriernl !'han have:. ·
nower'' in ca8es of 0111erge110y'. 'to authorise· such expenditure ,as , may~ in bis ,
opinion, b.e necessa:ry :for the safety oritranquillity of British India or. any part . ·
thenof.. · , • · .
. · 67B, Promsion for case o.f failwre to pa.ss legisf,ation,-(1} Where
chambe1· of the Indian legislature refuses Jeave tu int.roduce, or foils to pass.
i.I.1 a :form recommended by the Goven1ar"Ge1ieral, any· Bill, the Governor-General
may certify that the };li;l.Hsage of the Bill is essential for the safety, tranquillity or
interest of ·British India or any part thereof, aud thereupon~
· (a). if the Bill .has already been passed by. t;he other chamber, the Bill shall',.
on sig:na;tmre by tl~e ()overnor-General; notwithstanding. tha,t it has nQt been con~.
sented to by both bha:inbers, forthwith become an Act of the I.nditt:n legislature·.
in: tha form of the Bill qs origi.rially introduced Ol' p1'oposed to be introduced in
the ,fodian lep:islatv,re, or· (as. the C[H'Je may be) i:u the fo,rm reco,mmended by the'
Governor-General· and · · · ·
(b) .if the Bin' has not already b~en s'a passed, the Bill sh1,1.ll be laid before .
the othet• chamber, and, if consented to by that' chamber in.the form recommended
by the Governor-General, shall.· become an ,Act as a.fpresaid on the signifiqii.tion.
of the Governor-Qeneral's ·assent, or,· if uot so -cons,imted to, shall, on s'.ignaturo
by',th<1 Gc.vernor-General, become au Ad; as aforesaid. ·
(2} E'\'ery, "uch :!\.ct shall be expressed to be made by the Governor-General,
and shall, as soon. as pi·acticable afte;r being made, be laid before both Houses
.u·· Parliament, and shall not have effect untjl it has receiwd Hi~ Majesty'!!
assent...
anil
shall not be presented for ' His Majesty's assen.t until
copies thereof have l.leen laid before each House of Parliame.nt for
not less than eight day~. on which that House has s11t ;, and upon the·, significa
tion of sucli a.ssent by His Majesty in Council, and the notificathn thereof by
the Gowrnor-General. the Aet shall have the same force and effect· as an Act
pas:sed b:y the Jndian legislature and duly assented to: ,
Provided that, wheJ:e ·in the opinion of the Governor-General a state of emyr•
geucy exists which· justifies such action, t.he Governor-Ge,neral may direct that
an1' suc'1 Ad; shall conie ·into operati@ forthwith, and· thereupon the Ac~ sha.11
have such force and effect as afo:vesaid, subject, however, tO disallowance by His.
Majesty in Council. . . . .
68 .. .Assen~ of Governor-Geneml to Bills.-(1) When a Bill has l1eeu · pa)'lsed
.
by
both ('hnmbers of the Indian Legismture; the Governor-General may declare
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! '
{26 GEo. 5 & 1 Enw. s.] · Gotrnrn•ment of 1ndza Act, ~,935, (CH. 2.:1
that he assents to the Bill, or that he withhoida asseiic, fr9m the Bill, o~ th3it be
· \l'e&erves the .Bil) for the signification of His ·M:afosty's .plea.sure thereon. . · ·
.(2) A Bill passed by both chambers of the Indian legisfattir<t shall not become ·
.an Act until. th,e Govenrnr-Qeneral· hal'J declared hi& assent ther~to, or, in the
. casrJ of a Bill' reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, until
·His Majesty in CouncH has signified his assent· and that assent has been notified '"""
.by the Governo1·-QeneraL · . . . . .
· 69 .. Powe·r of Gro1,1Jn to disallow Acts'.-:-(1) When an Act. of th~ lndian legisla
j;tire ha:, been assented to by the Governor-General; he shall , send to the Secre
tary of State an authentic copy tbe1·eor, ,and it shaU be lawful for His Majesty
fo Council to signify his diSallowance of any such. act. . . . .".
. (2) Where f.he disaJlowance of any such Act has been so signified~ the Qover'nor-.
. Genera'!
·shall
forthwith notify the disallowance, and thereupon tlie Act, as from.
the date of the notification, shall beco).lle ·void acc0•rdingly. ·. · ·
. 72. Pow~r to nw)ce ordinances in. cases of emergency.-'The Govei·nor-Gen.eraV ;
may, in cas¢1;! of emergency, make and promulgate'· ordinances ,for the peace and
good govern mcnt of British• India . or any pl'.j<rt thereof, · ar:id an:'· ordinance · so
mad.e shall,
1{for the space of n,ot more than six months b·.om its vromulgation]
·n.~ve the like force of law as ah 'Act passed. by"the 'fodian legislabure; b.ut the
:power of making ordinances' un(].er this' section is sµbject to the' like restrictions
.as th0 power of. the Indian legislature to i:r('ake laws; and any ordinanee macfo
und1.1r this .&ection is subject to the. Iilt:El disallowanee as an Act passed· by the·
i!ndian
legislature,
and may ·be cont1·blled or ·supersed~d by any sur:h Act.·
Balariers, .leave of. ab8ence, vacation...of.offece, .. eto.
85, Salewie.~ and allowances of Go~ernorr-GerU:.ral and certaim oMe,r offecials iti
'ilri.dia~:_(I,) There shall be paid to the Governor-Gener·al of ll}dia, to the· Com
'mander-in-Chie.f
of
His Majesty's Forces in. Ind~a ·and to the memh~rs of the
.Governor~General's -Executive Council (other than the . Commander-in-Chief),
o'ut of the revenues of the Ooveinor:General in Couneil, such salades and such
· ~llo:wanc6s (if any) for. equipment and voya.ge a.s the Secretary· qf State may
·by ·orde" 'fi± m that behalf and subject to ol' in·defaulti of any such order aa IP""
, ;payabh~ at .the commencement of ](art lll of the Govermnent -0f Indiii, Act, 1935;
but salary of th& Governor-General shall not ex.ceed . two hundred and· fi:fty
.
six
thousand rupees a1iriually, the salary of the Comm!l'nder-in-Chief shall not
· .-e:;ceed one hundred thousand rupees annually and the 'sal;u-y .of members of the
: QoveFnor-Ge:qeral's Executive Council (other than . the. · Commander-in-Chief)
:Shall not exceed eighty thousand rupees annually. ,
, (2) Provided as follow:s,-· . · · · . . .
· (a) the Secretary Of . State shall not make .any ·Order a:t;fecthJg salaries of .
members of the· ,QovernorcGeneral's Executive Council except after consulting·
·':bis advise:-s and· with the concurrence of at· leu.st one-half of them;· .. · . ·
(o) if any person to whom this section applies h6lds or enjoys nny petision or
1t!al(l.ry or any office of prnfit under' the Crown or "U;nder any public O.ffice, his.
1Sala.ry under this section shall be reduced by the' ambunt, 9f the pension, salary
:Ol'. p,rcfits of office SO held or enjoyed by him; .
(c) nothing in the :provisions of. this section with respect to allowances shall
:authorise the imposition of any additional cha.tge on the revenues of the Gov-
,ernor~General in Council. . ' · . ·. ' · . · · .
. (3) Th~ remuneration' payable to a perso11 under this· sect.ion sfmll commence
--on bis taking upon himself the execution of his office a,nd shall he the whole
:pr1'.llit or advantage which. he shall enjoy from his ·o:lnqe. during his continuance
lthere'in : . . . . , . . ;
Prtvided that nothing in this section shall apply to the allowances or o'ther
forms of profit and adv&.ntage · which may have been sanotj,oned for such persons
before the commencement of Part III of the. Government of India Act, . 1935, by.
the Secretary of State in Council or may thereai'ter have been san-Otioned by the
)Secretary of State. · . . . , . . · ·.
86. Pow,ef to grant ieave of absence to Go·vernwr-General,, etc.-(l) The Sei;ire"
t:ary of ~tate may gr8<nt to the Qovernor•General . and., . on the recommendation
-of the Gover'hor-General in Council, to the Commander-in-CJhief, leave of absence
~or urgent reasoi:s of puhlfo interest, or' of he~lth or of private affairs. ·
1 Operation of the words. in italics and within brackets suspa~ded, gee· s. 1(3), the Indh~ and
Bur:ma-(Emergenoy Provision!l) Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Goo •. 6, ch. 33.) . 1 ' .
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I
[Cn; 2.] . Gov: »wm:nt of Indiia Act, 1935 .. [26 .GEO, (} & 1 ~DW; Bj.r
(2) The Govei;u
0r,.Gene1·arin Council·m~y gr~nt to .any member of h1a Execµ~;
> tive Council (other 1;_han t.he Comm_ander-m-Chief) l~a.ve of absence. for-, urgent
reasons of health <;>r of pr1va.te affa1.;rs. · . . · ... · . . , . . . .
. . . eave ·of absence shall riot be granted to any person rn pursuance .of th.is:;
sect
10
,
1 for any
period exceeding four months nor more· than once durmg his.,
~-teh"ure of office : . · . · . · · . · . · . . · ··
~ · • Provided. that the Secreta;ry of State may, if he thinks fit; ~xtend any period.
-of leave_ 'sq grarit~d, but .1.·1 •. · an_y such case _the reasons for t.he ext~nsio;n .. shaH __ ·.· be
set forth rn .. a mmute signed by the Secretary, of State and laid before both
. . Holfses of Parliament. · . · · . · ·
. . _(4) :Where leave of absence is granted to .any person in .pursuance of' this.
section, he shall, ;retai~ his office tforing the period of leave as originally graht-_
ed, or, if tha-t period ~s' ex~ended by. the Sec:i;etary of ~tate ~uring the period,
as so extev(lrd; but, if his absence exceeds that pei'10d, ,his· office shall be
deemed
to
have become vacant in the case of a person granted leave· for urgent;
'reasons Of public interest as. from t,he termination of that period: and in any
other case, as .1:rom· the commencemei'l'.t of his~ absence. · · '
(5) Whe1:e :a pe.rson obtatins -leave ·of absence in pursuance Of' thfa 'secti:On he,
shall ~e entitled to receive du:dng. his absence·such leave-alk>wances as n111i'lle-;
presm•1bed by rules made by the Secretary of State, but, if he does_ not resu:uie., .··
his duties upon .the termination of tiie p9riod of the leave h!:} shall 'unless the-....
Secre~::ir:V of State ?the:rwise .direc~s, repay, in. such rq.~nnei; as;
1
may. be so
prescrlbed as aforesaid, any leave-alfowances-~ecew~d. under this subsection.
"' • ' - I • '
leave regomg sect10n to the
Pr-General or to the Commander-in-Chief, a pers n shall be appointed
to ac in his place during ·his absence, and the appoint nt shall be made
1
by
jesty by warrant under the Royal Sign Manual. · . e person so appoint
g the absence of the C0mmai1der-in-Chief n:iay, jf th. Commander-in-Chief •· ·
· wM !1. ember of the Executive. O_ouncil o! the ~Gover or-,Qener-al, be . also_
appomte · by the Governor:-General m Cou.nc1l to be a tempo ary member of that
Council · · · · ·
(2) 'fh appointed shall, until the return to dut · Qf the permanent
holder of e office, or, if .he does :g.ot return; until a succ _sor arrives, )1old. ·
and execU:t the office to which he .. haB_ been appointed and sh: 11 haw and .may .
exen!ise all he-rights and_ powers thereof and shall be entit to receive the:;_
emoluments 1d ad.va:q,f;age&! appertaining -to the office, fOregoi . the emolU;nl.ents.
arid advantag (if any) to which, he was entitled at the time of h being ll;ppO:int-
. ed. to tha~ offi e. . · . · . . . . ..
89. Power for 9 overnor
7,General to exercrise powers lJefore .taking seat.~(I);
H any perspn appointed to the office of Gove,rnorcGeneral is in India. on or-·
aft.3r the event· on. which he. is to succeed., and _thinks. it neces~ary. _to _ex. ercise~
the powers of G_overnoi·-G~neral before he takes hls seat m Council, he. may mak1t
kno.wu b;1" notifie~tion his. a,ppointilrnnt an,d his intention to assume the. ,offic~'
of GC.i:vernor-General. . .. .
· (2) Aft~r •the notification,' a:r,ip. thence~orth 1m~il he ·repairs to the pla£e wh~~e ·
.th~ Council mar assemble, he may exercise alo:ie. alLor .any of the P.O~(qts which, .
might :be exercrned by the Governor-General rn Council. _, . '( . . · . · ·, .
(3).. All acts done in the Council" after the date o olllflcation, but before•
the communication t.hereof to>the Council, subject, nevertheless,
to revocation 01· alteration e per · assumed the office of Gov--
ernor-General. · , ·-· ·
_ (4? .~n ·th,e ·• o . . is assu~ed u~der ,the foregoini
prov1s10n,..the_ vrne.- or if he is 11bsent, the semor member of the Coutic1l.
(other than tffe.\Oo_ . . r-in-Chief) th,m p1•esenfi, shall pl'eside therein, with
the same. .powers as the Governor-iGenera would have had if present. ·. . ·. ·
9"0. '1.'empora1·1rvacancy· in office of Gov.';rnor-General.:__(1) If a vacancy occur::; ..
in the office of Governor-General when there is no successor in India to supplyc
. ' . . 180 .
_-_ _J)-1~4 .. ~· ~ ~,.S:4e>i--7~S-r·b 1ct... 38' ~
_
3
_s~.·ta-~·~~.r .

, ' " ---- ..
,[26 Gio. 5. & lEDw. Kl Government of IndiaAot, -~9&,5. lCH.' St] ..
the vacanby, that one of the foHowjng govem01:i'I, that fa to. say, th~, Governor '
of Madras, the Governor of Bqmbay, and the Governor :0£ Bengal, who was' first..;
appointed to the office of governor by His Majesty shall hold and execute the
·office of Governor-General until a. ~uccessor arrives or until s<;>me person in India.
is .duly: appointed thereto. . . .
' (2) Every such acting Governor-General, while acting as such, shall have and'
may exercise all· the rights and pqwers of the office of Governor~General, and .
shall be entitled to receive the emeiluments and advantages appertaining to. tha
. office, forgoing tho salary and allowances appe1
1taining to his 'offi~ of Governo:i;;
'and shall not act in hi., office of Gbyernor. .
{3) If on the vacancy occurring, it appears to t.ne governor, who. by virtu~ oi
this section holds and executes the office of. Governor-General, necessary to ~xer•
cise the powers thereof before he takes his .seat in Council~ he may make1 known
'by notification his appointn:ient, and. his intention to assume the oflfoe of Gov~.
ernor-General, and ·thereupon the provisions ·of seetion eighty-nine of this Act
. shall 'apply. . . ·. ' . ' , . .
' · ~ ( 4) Until such a goyen10r has asiumed the offi.ce · of Governor· (,Jeneral,. 'if no
successor is on th~ spot to supply such vacancy, the vice-president, or ,if. he, is
absent; the f!enio:r member of ·the· Executive Council (other tha.n the Commander-
. jn,Chief) shall hold arn;l ex<ecute the office of Governor-General u:nti1 the' vacancy '.
fa filled i_n accordance with the provisions of th~s Act. .. . . · ·
' .. (5) •Every vice-president ,or o'tiher. member of Council 'so acting as Governor-
. General, while so acting, shall have .and may exercise all 'the rights and powers ,
"' of the Office of Gov~t11or-Q-~neral .. and shall ,be": ·entitled _-to ,receive the. emoluments~ · /
·
l.l>Dd ~.advantages· apper·taining to·
the. office, forgoing ·.his sala1·y and . allowa\1006 .
. as· member of Con;n.cil for that period. · · . . . · · · · ·
92, 1:emporary va.ca1'ic11 in office of ?nemlfer of the E':iecutive Counr.il.-(1) Har
vacancy Pccur.s in the pffice of a memberof the Executive Council .of the Gov-·
. erno1-General (other than the Commander-i:n-CP.ief), and there is no succesf:!Br
present_ on . the spot, the Governor-General in Council shall supply the vacancy·
by appoint1ng' a temporary member of c.ouncil. .. · . · . . .
.
(~) Until
a sucnesl'.!oi. ari•ives, the person so appointe~ shall hold and exccn:..;,_,
t}{e. oftke to which he has been appointed, and shall have· and may exei1ciSe all
the rights and powers thereof, ·and sh;iJl be entitled to receive the emolumen~
~nu advantages apper1\ainirig to the ,office forgoing all emoluments ,and advant-
ages to which he was~entitled at the time of his being appointed to that office.
. (3). If a member of· the Executive Council of: .the Governor~G:eneral (other
. than tho, Commandt'-in-Ohief) iS, by info,mity or ·othei·wise, rende1·ed ;incapable
of acting or of atten'ding to act as, such, or is absent on leave or special duty,
' the Governor~General in Council shall appoint some perliJon to be a temporary
member of eouncil. . . . . .
· (4) Until the return to duty of tfit< member so h1capabfo or absent, the pers6n
temporarily appointed shall hold and execute . the office to 'WhiCh he has been,
appdnted, and shall haye and ?nay excrc,ise all the. rights and powe.rs the11i:i:f..
. and shall be entitled to . receive the emoluments and advantag.es' appe1'taining;.
to the office, forgoing the (}molmrients and ~dvantages (if any) to whieh he was
enti.tJed 'at the time of his being appointed ,to . ._that office.
(1!A) When a· membe.r Of the Executive Council is by in.firmity o. otherwise·
t•endercd
incapable·
of a-cting or attending , to act as such and a, .temporary
. ·member of council is appointed in· his place, the' absent me:qlber shall be entitled
· .. i{I> receive half his salary for the~per~od .. of !tis absence.
(5} Provided as follows: - ,
(a) no per8011 may be appointed a temporary member of col. ioil who mJght
not. have been app0inted to fill the. vacancy supplied by the temporary appoint-
ment; and · .
(b) if the Secretary 01' State informs the Governor-Gen~ral that .it is not
the inf;ention of His Majesty to fill a vacancy in the Governor-General's Execu
tive Council, no temporary appointment may be made under this sect.ion to fill
the '\acan~y, and, if any such temporary appointment has been· made before:
the date of the receipt'.of the jnformation by the Governor-General, the tenure
. of tl1c pers_sn temporarily appojnted sh11cll cease frbm that .tJate. .
93. Vacancies in legislative councils.-(],) A nominated or elected member or
eithe1·' chamber of the Indian legislature may -resign his office fo the Governor-
Gtmeral,
and
on the acceptance of the re!lignation the office shall. become vacant ..
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1935. [26G"!;~.5'{1EDw.8 .
. '(2) H for a per.iod ·'-t~ a c,;n~ecutivb 'months ~~tiya>uch: ll'iember is' abselit fro
Incli~ 9r u~a)Jle to ~tten .t.P 'the d,Uties· of his. office the ;Governor~General may
' 'by notification· publish 1-d the government gazette; declare that the seat i
·".cou:neil of that member has become :v'a,cant. ·
$1ipple:mental.
i29A. Prnvisions as to 1•itles.~(1)•Wlrere any matter is i·equired to Lie pre~cdb~d.
, · or: reg~dated b:y rules' uu:der .this Act, and i1<;> special pi:ovi1;1ion is made as to
;'the t.uthority by whom the rules .are .. to be made, the-ules shalLbe m'ade by the·
· Governor-General in Council, with the sanction o'f the Secretary of ~ta,te, and'
··shall not be subject to 'rl:(peal, or .alteration by any legislature. in India .. '. ', .
• (2r Any rules made. under this Act may ,be. so framed as to mal>;e difie;re11t~
·provision for di.ffererit' provinces. •. · · · . · .
· ~3f Any. rules .to ~hich · subsection (1) of this section appiies shall be laid
:Pefore both Rouses 9£ ParJiament as soon as. rnay be after th'ey· are IhaQ.er and,
if au adqress is presented to'. His Majesty ·by either House. of Parliament with~1i
th" ne~~ thirty (lays on which that H01;ule has sat. afte'r the rules are laid before.
·it imi.yiµg tha.;' the rules or any Of;.therp. may be annulled, His Majestx in Council..
;mav annul the rules Ql' any of them, and those rules shall thenceforth be void,
l but' witl;iout prejudice to the valid~ty of· anything p,reviqusly done thcmrnntler:
. Provided that :the Secretary of State maydlreot that a,ny rules to .which thi.I
.secticm appliei> shall be laid .. :in i draft before both I{9uses of Par liari1ent, and in
.such cl:tse the rules shall ,not be made uI1;.less both Houses by resolution approve'
...the draft either without modification or addition, .or with modifications .and addi-;
.fionifto_\Vhich,both Houses.agree~ lfut, upon sucha1:n>rovalbeing given, the r~les.
may. h:i made rn the form m ',whwh they have been approved, and 5uch rules on ·
' -being so made shall be o;f fuJl foi·ce and. effect, a.nd shalhwt require to be further
kfaid! before. Parliament. 1 · · • · ' ·
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1[26 GE-0. Q &J ED.w'. 8.] Government of JndiaAct, 1935.
·TENTH S€11El>VLE,
Secti:On -321; .•
[ o:a.;· 2.]
, Session and Cha.pt.er ·
of Act •
E:tiAOTMENT,!J REi>:lilALED.'
Title •.
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-21 Geo •. 3. e. 70 ·The East fudi;l.Oornpany Act, !780 ·
.37
Geo. 3. c .. 142 ·.
:The East India Act, 1797 ... · ..
16 & 17 Viet. o.107 .. 'The-Customs .Consolidation Act, l853
23 & 24 Viet. c. 89 An Act to extend . in aorta.in cases the
· · · provisions of the Superannuatjon • ·Act,
1859. ' '·. . . .
·47 & 48 '\7fot. c;' 38 The Indian Ma.rin.e·Serviae Act, 1884 ,
56 &·{?7 Vfoll,,e; (12 The Madras and Bombay ,Armies.Act,
. · 189.3. ' . . . · .•
Ii & 6 Geo .. Is'~. 61 The 'Government oflndia Act, 1915 .
· 6 & 7 Geo. 5. o. 37. 'The-Government of Indhi (Amendment)
. ' · Act, \916. . . . ..· · ~· . .
'9 & .10 Geo. 5; o. :tof T.he Government of Xndia Act, 19!'9 ·
12 & 13 Geo~ 6. o. 20
\14& l?_Geo. 5; o •• 28
'15 &:_16 Geo~ 6. ~83 .
1 7 '& 18 Geci •. 5. o. 8
17 & 18 Geo. fr. o. 24,
20 & 21--Qeo; 5.:. o. J
-is & 24 Geo. 1>. o. 2s~
'23 & 24 Geo. is. o. S6
. ' . /' ' ,' .
The Izidian Hiii;h Cour~ A,cb, 1922
The Goveihment ofc India: (Leave of
Absence) A,ct,. 1924:. • · · . · . . ·
The GovernrQeht of India. (Civil Servi. ,.
ces) Act, 192.5. · . . ·
· The · Government of Indi!!> (In,dilltl
N:11ovy) A<:t, 1927.
The · Governplerit of India ·(Statutory
eomn:iissfort) Ac't, 1927.. .
_The
Gqvernment of India (Aden) Act,
1929.. . The Government Of India (Amendment)
Act, 1933. " . .-:
The Ad:minif;ltrQ.tion of .Tustice (Miscel.
laneous Provisi0ru;;) Act, 11133.
Section·efgli~etn1. .
Section twelvo. ·
. Section
·three hunqred a.nd
•twenty-nini'l, .
The whole Act •. ·
The whole .Act •.
The whole Act •
The whole Aet. ,
The . whole . Act: ·except
seotion9'six and eight.
TM whole. .·Act, · · e~t
.. the Preamble and -su:b •.
seotipn ( 1) of section
· forty•f;leven •
The, whole.Act.
·The
whole Act.
The whole Act.
The whole Aot, ex~t
seoti6n two and s\ib· ·
eectfon ( 1) of sec$iol:l, fGlul'-.
Tn.ewhole Act. ·
The. whole Act.,
-'~ •'
The whole Act.
'
. In the. Fir$t . SchedUle t.lle ·
w0rds "~ & '.6 ~leo. 5.' e.
61 ; .The Goven:iment. ·Of;
'India Act'; section .0ne
hundred iw..d t\V811ty
seven~·
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1This Schedclo came
into force on thelst'April, 1937 under para. 3, G. of I'. (C, T. Prov.) o.
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